LITERATURE OF MEDICINE
Reviews and Notes: Gastroenterology: Bockus Gastroenterology
1 July 1995 | Volume 123 Issue 1 | Page 79
5th edition. 4 volumes. WS Haubrich, F Schaffner, and JE Berk; eds. 4008 pages. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1995. $595.00. ISBN 0-7216-3687-X. Order phone 800-545-2522.
Despite its exhaustive and encyclopedic character, this firmly established, internationally renowned textbook maintains its firm clinical orientation while it retains its thorough treatment of relevant topics in epidemiology, pathology, pathophysiology, and other basic areas. Discussions of diagnosis and of treatment are eminently practical and detailed.