The Hand Examination and Diagnosis

Abstract

Book reviews 233 reduced, thus increasing the economic burden on hospitals and creating uncertainty about their financial stability.Whereas physicians and administrators in the United States have a mandate to secure the availability of perinatal services no such mandate exists in the United Kingdom.Faced with having to pay for referrals to a regional centre one wonders whether district maternity hospitals will simply not refer their babies and do the best they can using their own limited facilities.This book is by far the most absorbing account of the organization of perinatal services that I have had the pleasure to read.There is the inevitable overlap of information between chapters but this is no problem because its nice to have a different slant on some of the aspects covered.The standard of writing is impressive.