Edited by G A Baldwin. ($39.95). Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001. ISBN 0-7817-2236-5

“We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.”

Oscar Wilde, “The Canterville Ghost”, 1887

A good handbook should provide ready access to relevant information in a readable format. One might expect residents to carry it around in their pockets, referring to it with decreasing frequency as their confidence grows. Many published handbooks reflect the practice in a given unit, designed to be used in that unit with …