Eight essays from the conference Place and Regional Medicine, Health, and Health Care in the Intermountain West held in October 1993 in Reno, Nevada. They explore such topics as silicosis in the hardrock mining industry; medical and nursing training; the impact of Mormon Thomsonianism, traditional Chinese practices, and other alternative medicine; Native American health and the US government; suicide patterns; and new diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and AIDS. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.