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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 81:900 (1999)
© 1999 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Book Review

ORTHOPAEDIC DECISION MAKING. ED. 2. Edited by Robert W. Bucholz. St. Louis, Mosby-Year Book, 1996. $92.95, 535 pp.

Leela Rangaswamy, M.D.

This book provides algorithms that can be used when making decisions about the treatment of musculoskeletal problems. Bucholz states that "the detail of the algorithms is insufficient to act as complete treatment pathways for managed care applications"; however, it is not clear exactly what the phrase managed care applications encompasses in this context. The issue of payment for care is not the focus of the book, and one assumes that the authors are writing about the decision-making process in the treatment of particular problems.

The main question that needs to be answered has to do with the intended readership. An informal poll of orthopaedic surgeons from different parts of the country and at different levels of training and practice failed to identify potential readers. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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