Eating Disorders From: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright Canadian Psychiatric Association May 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Eating Disorders Medical Management of Eating Disorders C Laird Birmingham, Pierre Beumont. New York (NY): Cambridge University Press; 2004. 289 p. US$55.00.

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In any comprehensive eating disorders program, the internist, an important member of the eating disorders treatment team, should ideally medically manage the eating disorder. Unfortunately, this ideal situation is the exception rather than the rule, and an internist is seldom found on the eating disorders treatment team. This is partly owing to shortage of physicians and partly to lack of adequate funding. The ...

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