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Wilderness Medicine
Edited by Paul S. Auerbach.
5th ed, 2336 pp (includes DVD), $199.
Philadelphia, PA, Mosby-Elsevier, 2007.
ISBN-13 978-0-3230-3228-5.
JAMA. 2007;298(22):2680-2681.
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Textbooks that attempt to be both encyclopedic and practical while still meeting the diverse needs of neophytes as well as experts usually fail. The fifth edition of Wilderness Medicine, edited by Paul Auerbach, is, however, an overwhelming success and will appeal to a broad and diverse audience, from vacationer to wilderness enthusiast to harried clinician.
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Serengeti Plain, Tanzania, September 2006. This ecosystem is one of the oldest on earth. The essential features of climate, vegetation, and fauna have remained unchanged. It is most famous for its annual migration of more than 1 million white-bearded wildebeest and 200 000 zebra. Reprinted with permission from the photographer, Ian D. Jones.
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Dr Auerbach is one of the fathers of wilderness medicine and is the world's expert on marine envenomations. He has used his extensive network of contacts to bring together more than 150 experts from such diverse fields as infectious diseases, toxicology, veterinary . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Ian D. Jones, MD, Reviewer;
Nicole Streiff McCoin, MD, Reviewer;
Corey M. Slovis, MD, Reviewer
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, Tennessee
corey.slovis@vanderbilt.edu
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