Edited by P Cameron, G Jelinek, A-M Kelly, L Murray, J Heyworth. (Pp 757; £39.95). Churchill Livingstone, 2000. ISBN 0-443-06280-3.

This is a major new textbook of emergency medicine first published in 2000.

The contributors read like a “Who's who” of emergency medicine in Australasia—with a few contributions from North America and UK.

The book is primarily aimed at the emergency medicine trainee—although the wide authorship has allowed the text to become a “snap shot” of current Australasian emergency medicine practice.

The editorial board has adopted a consensus style and approach to the material …