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Edited by Joris C. Verster, S.R. Pandi-Perumal, and David L. Streiner. 533 pp., illustrated. Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2008. $189. ISBN 978-1-60327-340-4.

Anyone who has had even one poor night of sleep will immediately recognize the substantial impact of sleep disturbance on quality of life. Sleep and Quality of Life in Clinical Medicine explores this problem under a magnifying glass.

The first few chapters of the book provide an overview of the relationship between sleep and quality of life. The chapters that follow are loosely organized by type of condition: sleep, neurologic, psychiatric, substance abuse–related, cardiovascular, digestive, respiratory, endocrine, oncologic, and infectious. Most chapters share a specified format, beginning with a summary and lists of keywords and learning objectives and closing with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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