Medical Care of the Adolescent, J. R. Gallagher, M.D. New York, Appleton- Century-Crofts, Inc., 1960, 369 pp., $10.00
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The establishment of a special unit for adolescents at the Children's Hospital in Boston encouraged the acquisition of a better understanding of the medical care of the adolescent. The present volume summarizes the experience of a considerable group of physicians who participated in this experience. The volume deals with the many facets of physiologic and psychologic features of adolescence and brings the pertinent material from many fields into focus in terms of the adolescent's special needs.