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BOOK REVIEW
The Scientific Basis of Injury Prevention and Control
  1. B Pless
  1. Editor; barry.pless@mcgill.ca

    https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.2005.008268

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      Edited by R McClure, M Stevenson, S McEvoy. AUS$75: IP Communications, 2004, pp 398. ISBN 0-9578617-9-6. Available from IP Communications, Level 1, 123 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn, Victoria 3123, Australia; website: www.ipcommunications.com.au

      I now have about 20 books related to injury prevention on my shelves. When this one arrived, I asked myself: “Do we really need another? Does this one fill an important gap? Does it have other qualities that make it worth the cost and effort?”

      The answer is an emphatic “yes”. Above all its other virtues, it offers a fresh perspective. The Scientific Basis is novel not just because it is antipodean (meaning from the other pole as opposed to American or European), but also, and much more importantly, because it focuses entirely on fundamental issues—the principles of prevention. Consequently, the emphasis is not on topics like …

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