TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Preface A1 - Hamm, Rose L. PY - 2019 T2 - Text and Atlas of Wound Diagnosis and Treatment, 2e AB - At a recent Max Gaspar MD Symposium on limb salvage that focused especially on patients with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease, I was impressed by the panels that consisted of vascular surgeons, podiatrists, a physical therapist, a plastic surgeon, and a researcher—a real multi-disciplinary team all talking about the same patient population and how to preserve an ischemic limb, heal a wound, and restore optimal function and quality of life for the individual. The entire day reinforced what I so passionately wanted to capture in the first edition of Text and Atlas of Wound Diagnosis and Management, and have tried to enhance in this second edition. If we as a medical profession are going to be successful in caring for these patients, every profession has to be involved. And involvement starts with the education of our entry-level students in all of the medical professions, and continues throughout one's career, whether teaching students, colleagues, or patients. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/12 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162981602 ER -