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Safety Considerations

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The Physician’s Guide to Diving Medicine

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Because preventive medicine is one of the most important aspects of the practice of medicine, this chapter has particular significance in a book designed for the clinician. If the diver-physician is not interested in safe practices, then to whom can we look for help in cutting down the deplorable number of accidents and deaths among divers?

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Shilling, C.W. (1984). Safety Considerations. In: Shilling, C.W., Carlston, C.B., Mathias, R.A. (eds) The Physician’s Guide to Diving Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2671-7_13

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