RT Journal
A1 Jones ID, Slovis CM
T1 EXpedition & wilderness medicine
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD July 22
VO 302
IS 4
SP 441
OP 444
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.1069
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.1069
AB 
On multiple levels throughout history, medicine has played a major part in the success of countless expeditions. In the not too distant past, the expedition practitioner often could gain firsthand experience in the field only at the expense of the expedition participants. It is the sharing of hard-earned knowledge, difficulties, and the occasional floundering of the experienced expedition physician that makes a reference textbook on this subject so important.