Hmm this is interesting indeed.
In September of 2002 I was approached by a trauma surgeon (with whom I have worked in South Africa while I was doing gunshot research). He asked me whether I would contribute a chapter to a multi-author book called "Ballistic Trauma." One of the editors and providers of content, was a guy called C. William Schwab. There were three other editors and the contributing authors were from all around the world, but the top three sources were SA, USA and UK.
Anyway the bottom line was that they needed a chapter on the imaging of gunshot wounds because they knew I was doing research that was mainly to do with the medical imaging of gunshot cases. I was quite flattered that they asked me.
So I was put in touch with one of the editors (not Schwab) and he told me what they were looking for. I was given a list of chapters and I was told the background of some of the contributors.
To cut a long story short, I was not comfortable with all the contributors or their associations. I didn't have any problems with the South Africans because I had worked with them already and one of them was actually the supervisor of my research, a man who I respect greatly. I just didn't like the setup with the editors I hadn't met and I didn't want to lose my best research cases and material to a chapter in a publication where I wasn't going to be the primary author. I had a discussion with a second editor (not Schwab) and it was decided that if I had doubts and conditions such as what I had laid down, then I would not be approached to contribute. That was where I left it.
Fast forward to 2005 and the book was published (but I only got it in 2007 because it was unavailable on every site I tried). I have the book here, and sure enough, C. William Schwab is one of the editors and contributors. The book is called Ballistic Trauma (second edition) and the ISBN is 1-85233-679-X. It is a paperback published by Springer. Schwab has contributed to two chapters:
Chapter 10 Damage control
Chapter 14 Abdomen and Pelvis
He is also one of the editors. In the contributors section he is listed as:
C.William Schwab, MD, FACS, FRCS (Glasg)
Department of surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of medicine, Division of Traumatology and surgical critical care, University hospital Pennsylvania Medical Center, PA, USA.
Now I don't know anything about the man. I haven't met him and I don't know what volume of cases they get at that hospital. I haven't read the whole book either (in fact my own research is on ice because of my new job). I have read pieces here and there, but not enough to comment on the book overall. The list of contributors is impressive: I have personally worked with 5 of them and had correspondence with 2 others.
When I have read it, I'll let you know what I think. The only observation I can make, just by flicking through the book, is that the illustrations and artwork are average at best. The book is also B&W which means some of the low contrast images are not clear.