Regimens Compliance with Therapeutic

a very important book. However, its value is somewhat marred by the deficiencies which often accompany the publishing of proceedings, in particular the very variable quality of the chapters. It could have benefited greatly from more ruthless editing. Overall, the book is very well organized into sections covering 'The magnitude, determinants and measurement of compliance' (four chapters), 'Strategies for improving compliance' (seven chapters), 'Compliance and therapeutic trials' (two chapters), one chapter on 'Recommendations for future research' and two very extensive appendices. The chapters contain useful, neat summaries at key points, and end with detailed conclusions normally pinpointing areas of ignorance. The four chapters in the first section are particularly useful, especially the tables presenting the key features of