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Second edition. Edited by Paul D. Mintz. 716 pp. Bethesda, Md., AABB Press, 2005. $185. ISBN 1-56395-185-1.

This book is an excellent guide for any physician who transfuses blood, because it applies clinically relevant information to the decision to transfuse blood components. The book provides guidance for the clinical practice of blood-component therapy, and unlike standard blood-bank textbooks, it does not detail the scientific basis of blood groups and blood compatibility or the production and storage of blood components. I especially appreciated the thoughtful approaches to clinical problems by respected and talented colleagues in transfusion medicine. Their discussions gave me better ideas for taking care of patients, for helping me in my struggle to get physicians to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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