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Gastroenterology
Textbook of Gastroenterology, vols 1 & 2 Atlas of Gastroenterology
Textbook of Gastroenterology, vols 1 & 2 edited by Tadataka Yamada, David H. Alpers, Neil Kaplowitz, Loren Laine, Chung Owyang, and Don W. Powell, 4th ed, 3647 pp, with illus, $289, ISBN 0-7817-2861-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
Atlas of Gastroenterology edited by Tadataka Yamada, David H. Alpers, Neil Kaplowitz, Loren Laine, Chung Owyang, and Don W. Powell, 3rd ed, 1139 pp, with illus, $249, ISBN 0-7817-3081-3, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
JAMA. 2004;291:375-376.
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The fourth edition of Textbook of Gastroenterology is completely updated and has an entirely new section on disease of the liver. Thirty percent of the authors are new. A goal of the editors is to provide all the basis needed to understand and manage gastroenterological conditions, and this goal has been met. The concept of encyclopedia of gastroenterology comes to mind, as does the adjective monumental, in reviewing these volumes.
The two volumes of text are divided into four parts. Basic mechanisms of normal and abnormal function occupy the first 28 chapters, followed by 29 chapters on approaches to common problems. Specific diseases are then covered in 76 chapters, and diagnostic and therapeutic modalities reviewed in 29 chapters. Each chapter is a stand-alone monograph. Four to ten headings subdivide the chapter and are boldly displayed in bright blue when the subject is discussed. Each chapter is richly enhanced with . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Frank L. Iber, MD, Reviewer
Edward Hines, Jr, Veterans Affairs Hospital
Hines, Ill
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