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Quality Control in Nuclear Medicine. Ed. Buck A. Rhodes, pp. xvii + 508, illus., 1977 (C. V. Mosby Co., USA; distributed in U.K. by Henry Kimpton, London.) £31·60.

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No service is reliable unless its quality is consistent. Nowhere is this more important than in medicine where clinical decisions may be influenced by, or even depend upon, the results of scientific investigations. The recipient of such data must be aware that scientific measurements are not absolute and are valid only within certain limitations. These limitations must be clearly stated and maintained and the process of ensuring such consistency is known as "quality control".