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Diving and Subaquatic Medicine
Considered an essential resource by many in the field, Diving and Subaquatic Medicine remains the leading text on diving medicine, written to fulfil the requirements of any general physician wishing to advise their patients appropriately when a diving trip is planned, for those accompanying diving expeditions or when a doctor is required to assess and treat anyone who has been involved in a diving accident. For this fifth edition the original author, Carl Edmonds, is joined by a new team of collaborators and the content has been entirely refreshed and updated throughout. Clinical cases, a feature popular with readers, are expanded, as is the illustrative content. Established and emerging diseases of diving medicine are all covered in full, as is the latest in types of diving, including free and indigenous diving, and associated equipment. Each medical disorder is discussed from a historical, etiological, clinical, pathological, preventative and therapeutic perspective in the informative and accessible style that has made previous editions so popular.
866 pages, Hardcover
Published September 11, 2015
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February 12, 2021
Finally, after years of desiring it, bought this rather expensive tome. I am a medical doctor and scuba enthusiast in Australia.
After reading about 80 pages from various chapters, it does seem to largely fulfill the expectations of a classic reference work, were it not for the sloppy editing, grammar/spelling littered throughout. On almost every page there are factual, grammatical or spelling errors not worthy of the author team, or mis-labeling of figures (e.g. one legend incorrectly transposed from one picture to another similar one; "3000m" equaling "1000ft" rather than the opposite; "causing unconscious" instead of "causing unconsciousness"). Some, such as the above error in units of measurement, are concerning to the point of raising doubts about the reliability of the content...(what else is incorrect, possibly dangerously so, but less obvious?). This should not happen in a 5th edition of such a work!
After reading about 80 pages from various chapters, it does seem to largely fulfill the expectations of a classic reference work, were it not for the sloppy editing, grammar/spelling littered throughout. On almost every page there are factual, grammatical or spelling errors not worthy of the author team, or mis-labeling of figures (e.g. one legend incorrectly transposed from one picture to another similar one; "3000m" equaling "1000ft" rather than the opposite; "causing unconscious" instead of "causing unconsciousness"). Some, such as the above error in units of measurement, are concerning to the point of raising doubts about the reliability of the content...(what else is incorrect, possibly dangerously so, but less obvious?). This should not happen in a 5th edition of such a work!
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