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Adolescent Medicine: A Practical Guide
By Victor C. Strasburger and Robert T Brown. Pp. 514. Price, $59.95. 2d ed. Lippincott-Raven, 12105 Insurance Way, Hagerstown, MD 21740-5181, 1998.
Adolescent Medicine: A Practical Guide, second edition, states that its purpose is to fill the niche of a "small, concise, and highly informative book about adolescents and their health problems." The textbook is for pediatricians and family physicians to use for practical information about common medical, physical and psychosocial problems in adolescents. Generally, the authors succeed in that task. As in most adolescent text and reference books, the initial chapters address basic physical and psychosocial adolescent development. The text progresses to address the common medical problems of adolescents and issues of chronic illness and disability; all of these topics are discussed in a concise and practical manner.
The book contains an appropriately extensive section...