Book Review
This exhaustive second edition provides a superb review of sports injuries and their prevention. Most work on this subject can be summarized by the trite adage "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." However, this book is better described by Hamlet's "I must be cruel,...
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| Published in | The New England Journal of Medicine Vol. 315; no. 19; p. 1238 |
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| Format | Book Review |
| Language | English |
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Massachusetts Medical Society
06.11.1986
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| Summary: | This exhaustive second edition provides a superb review of sports injuries and their prevention. Most work on this subject can be summarized by the trite adage "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." However, this book is better described by Hamlet's "I must be cruel, only to be kind," for the authors present enough alarming epidemiologic evidence coupled with case reports to move the reader to insist on preventive measures.
This work is essential reading for primary care physicians, sports-program administrators, trainers, coaches, and team physicians. Readers will be struck by the plethora of information supporting the . . .
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJM198611063151932 |