Sixth edition. Edited by Mark Feldman, Bruce F. Scharschmidt, and Marvin H. Sleisenger, with Samuel Klein. 2046 pp. in two volumes, illustrated. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1998. $195. ISBN 0-7216-6291-9.
In most North American academic medical centers, the departmentsof gastroenterology and hepatology coexist in an uneasy relationshipsomewhat akin to a dysfunctional marriage. In previous editionsthis voluminous textbook was limited to the subject of gastroenterology,in recognition of the fact that there were, and still are, outstandingreference books on hepatology. With this edition, the editors,in including 361 pages dedicated to liver disease, have tacitlyrecognized that divorce is not imminent and that much of thecare of patients with liver disease is provided by physicianstrained primarily as gastroenterologists. The result is a "one-stopshopping" reference . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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