Edited by D Cardenas, N C Cutter, F Frost, et al. Demos Medical Publishing, New York, 2002, US$225.00, pp 1085. ISBN 1- 888799-61 7

Basically, this is a book about the consequences of severe spinal cord lesions, mainly traumatic injury (spinal cord injury; SCI), and the management of them. It is not a book about spinal cord diseases. So, if you are wondering about the pathogenesis of spinal interneuronitis, or the classification of spinal muscular atrophies, do not look here. But if you spend a significant amount of time involved in the care of patients who are wheelchair dependent as a consequence of SCI or a severe chronic myelopathy such as …