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32 pp.
| Bedrick |
June, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-87226-585-4$$16.95
(4)
4-6Building Works series.
Following a busy initial foldout illustration of a generic modern hospital, a series of double-page spreads identifies various departments--including the emergency room, intensive care unit, and pediatric floor--and explains how they function. The prose is informative but unexceptional; the labeled color illustrations are quite detailed, sometimes distractingly so. A brief time line of hospital history is included. Glos., ind.