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Edited by John P. Geyman, Thomas E. Norris, and L. Gary Hart. 487 pp., illustrated. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2001. $59.95. ISBN 0-07-134540-X.

Twenty percent of Americans live outside metropolitan areas in what is collectively called rural America. But rural America is no more homogeneous than the metropolitan areas of Manhattan, Kansas, and Manhattan, New York. Rural America can be distinguished by its lower population density, smaller numbers of services, and fewer kinds of services, but not by a lack of diversity in terms of culture and ethnic backgrounds and the aspirations of its inhabitants. A textbook of rural medicine must reflect that diversity while assessing and describing the health and health care of 51 million people.

The editors approach this task with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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