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The Textbook of Rheumatology.
  1. CHRIS DEIGHTON,
  2. PHILIP PERKINS
  1. Rheumatology Unit, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB

https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.56.11.639b

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    The Textbook of Rheumatology. Edited by William N Kelley, et al. (Pp 1792; £179) Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders, 1997. 5th ed. ISBN0-7216-5692-7.

    CMD was given the honour of reviewing the fourth edition of this encyclopaedic textbook (Ann Rheum Dis 1994;53:89). He had the following criticisms to make on that occasion:

    (1) Huge tomes go quickly out of date, particularly when CD roms and computer literature searches are readily available.

    (2) Some chapters were unpalatable to a wide rheumatology audience and there was unnecessary overlap between chapters.

    (3) Summaries, conclusions, tables instead of text, and diagrams and pictures were …

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