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Edited by José Biller. 530 pp., illustrated. Boston, Butterworth–Heinemann, 1998. $110. ISBN 0-7506-9840-3.

Iatrogenic disease is an important topic. It is often neglected despite compelling evidence of its frequency in published accounts and clinical experience. Paradoxically, interested parties outside medicine cite published estimates that 5 to 10 percent of hospital days and of hospital costs might be due to iatrogenic conditions, although those within medicine often dispute this claim.

The central nervous system, peripheral nerves, and skeletal muscles are uniquely vulnerable tissues. Their intolerance of metabolic change, sensitivity to toxins, and vulnerability to anatomical disruption lend critical importance to the opinions of neurologists and neurosurgeons in consultation. This book is aimed at them, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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