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Third edition. Edited by E. Albert Reece, Donald R. Coustan, and Steven G. Gabbe. 492 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004. $99. ISBN 0-7817-3861-X.

We are living in a fast age with fast answers to complicated problems. As we drive to work we have "road rage," and as we care for patients, a similar impatience can occur — a sort of "information rage," whereby we are driven to make a quick decision, write a prescription, and get to the next room. To maintain income, most physicians are seeing more patients in less time. Well-written, concise, and clinically oriented information serves as the caffeine booster of our day. However, we sometimes forget that these quick reviews rely on the premise that the fund of knowledge . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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