Biological Performance of Materials. Fundamentals of Biocompatibility. 3rd ed.

Jonathan Black. New York: Marcel Dekker; 1999. 463 pages. $150.00. “A vast human experiment is underway, with significant numbers of patients now having chronic devices in situ for more than 20 years.” So concludes the last paragraph of this text. Future advances in understanding the biological performance of materials will be based on contemporary clinical experience, facilitating a rapid evolution of biomaterials technology in the twenty-first century. This text, now in its third edition, focuses on the biological interactions that arise between living and nonliving materials and brings us to an appreciation of current as well as future directions. This comprehensive book is …