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Adolescent Medicine: A Practical Guide
2nd ed, by Victor C. Strasburger, MD and Robert T. Brown, MD, 514 pp, $59.95, ISBN-0-316-81875-5, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 1998.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999;153:314.
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Adolescent medicine, a board-certified subspecialty recognized by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Internal Medicine since 1994, is a small but growing field that needs pragmatic, up-to-date information for busy clinicians. The second edition of Strasburger and Brown's practical guide to adolescent medicine provides the reader with exactly what the title implies—a resource that rests somewhere between a superficial handbook and an exhaustive reference textbook, emphasizing a practical approach to the evaluation and treatment of common conditions affecting adolescents. Its intended audience includes pediatricians, family practitioners, internists, gynecologists, nurse practitioners, residents, and medical students.
The 500-page, soft-bound volume includes a 14-page index that focuses more on symptoms than on formal diagnoses, evidence that the authors are providing information that will be useful in clinical settings. Further evidence of the book's practical applicability is the organization of the book into 9 chapters: "Growth and Development," "The Office . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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