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ments. It is these issues that readers interested in the study of accidents, rather than the study of anthropologists, will find most useful in this book. However, anthropologists, as an occupational group, are not alone: the attitudes towards risk and prevention in this group are not unlike those of workers in other high-risk industries and occupations. These data may provide greater understanding of the more general problem.
CONFERENCE
PROCEEDINGS
Pediatric Trauma.
Proceedings of the Third National Conference. Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 20-23, 1989. Arnold G. Coran and Burton H. Harris, editors. J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., 1990. 248 pp., with index. $49.50. ISBN o-397-51 108-6.
Toward a comprehensive emergency medical system for children (J. A. Haller, Jr., l-5); The economics of pediatric trauma care (G. D. Zuidema and P. I. Buerhaus, 6-17); Pediatric trauma hospital organization (M. L. Ramenofsky, 18-25); Mediators of the metabolic responses to trauma (D. W. Wilmore, 26-28); Shock in pediatric trauma (A. G. Coran and J. R. Wesley, 29-44); Recent advances in experimental shock (G. T. Shires III, 45-49); Role of oxygen radicals in experimental shock (P. A. Ward, H. P. Friedl, and G. 0. Till, 50-57); Nutritional support in pediatric trauma (J. R. Wesley and A. G. Coran, 58-72); Airway and thoracic injuries (J. A. O’Neill, Jr., 73-87); Liver and spleen trauma in childhood (K. T. Oldham and M. G. Caty, 88-108); Bowel injuries (J. A. Long and A. I. Philipart, 109-128); Management of blunt pancreatic trauma in children (C. A. Burnweit and R. M. Filler, 129-141); Extracorporeal life support in pediatric trauma (R. H. Bartlett and H. L. Anderson III, 142-150); Infections and antibiotics (T. C. Shope, 151-163); Community responsibility for pediatric trauma care (B. H. Harris, 164-174); Automobile restraints for children (K. Weber, 175-193); Preventing childhood injury in the United States: The National SAFE KIDS Campaign (M. Eichelberger, 194-203); Pediatric trauma in South Africa (S. Cywes, S. M. Kibel, and D. H. Bass, 204-223).
Research, Action and the Community: Experiences in the Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems. Symposium held in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, March
11-16, 1989. OSAP Prevention Monograph 4, U.S. Department Services, Rockville, MD, USA, 1990. 326 pp. fntroducfion.
of Health and Human
Community action on alcohol problems: the demonstration unstable mixture (R. Room, l-25).
project as an
Conceptual Issues. Perspectives on the community in action research (H. Holdre and N. Giesbrecht, 27-40); Democracy and community action programs (S. Larsson, 41-44); Problems of action research: some practical experiences (M. Holmila, 45-49). Brief Case Studies. Experiences
from the field (L. Gliksman, 51-52); Experiences from the Castro Valley and San Francisco Projects: an environmental design perspective (F. D. Wittman, 53-60); Formulating alcohol policies for community recreation facilities: tactics and problems (R. R. Douglas, 61-67); Prevention policy and the perils of public administration (R. I. Reynolds, 68-74); Campus Alcohol Policies and Education Program (CAPE): practical considerations in a research evaluation (L. Ghksman, 75-81);