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JAMA. 1999;281(11):1043. doi:10.1001/jama.281.11.1043.
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Alternative MedicineHoney, Mud, Maggots, and Other Medical Marvels: The Science Behind Folk Remedies and Old Wives' Tales

by Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein, 279 pp, paper, $13, ISBN 0-395-92492-8, Boston, Mass, Houghton Mifflin Co, 1998 (hard cover edition reviewed in JAMA May 13, 1998).
Biology, BiochemistryA Sociobiology Compendium: Aphorisms, Sayings, Asides
by Del Thiessen, 151 pp, $29.95, ISBN 1-56000-372-3, New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Publishers, 1998.
CancerCoping With Breast Cancer: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Treating, and Living With Breast Cancer
by Robert H. Phillips and Paula Goldstein, 324 pp, with illus, paper, $13.95, ISBN 0-89529-858-9, Garden City Park, NY, Avery Publishing Group, 1998.
Emergency MedicineField Guide to Wilderness Medicine
by Paul S. Auerbach, Howard J. Donner, and Eric A. Weiss, 549 pp, with illus, paper, $34.95, ISBN 0-8151-0926-1, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
Handbook of Paediatric Accident and Emergency Medicine: A Symptom-Based Guide
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GeneticsEmery's Elements of Medical Genetics
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A Guide to Genetic Counseling
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The Practical Guide to Genetic Family History
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Transcription Factors and Human Disease
by Gregg L. Semenza (Oxford Monographs on Medical Genetics No. 37), 368 pp, with illus, $49.95, ISBN 0-19-511239-3, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1999.
Health SystemsBleeding Edge: The Business of Health Care in the New Century
by J. D. Kleinke, 362 pp, with illus, $30, ISBN 0-8342-1190-4, Gaithersburg, Md, Aspen Publishers, 1998.
The Managed Care Blues and How to Cure Them
by Walter A. Zelman and Robert A. Berenson, 224 pp, with illus, $45, ISBN 0-87840-679-4, paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-87840-680-8, Washington, DC, Georgetown University Press, 1998.
Managing Patient Expectations: The Art of Finding and Keeping Loyal Patients
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Surviving Modern Medicine: How to Get the Best From Doctors, Family, and Friends
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HematologyBlood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce
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HistoryThe Genesis of Neuroscience
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A Paralyzing Fear: The Triumph Over Polio in America
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Western Medical Thought From Antiquity to the Middle Ages
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Internal MedicineHarrison's Online
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MiscellaneousInformación de Salud para los Consumidores (Consumer Health Information)
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The Spine Dictionary: A Comprehensive Guide to Spine Terminology
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Terminal Consent
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NeonatologyNeonatology
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OrthopedicsA Primer of Biomechanics
by George L. Lucas, Francis W. Cooke, and Elizabeth A. Friis, 297 pp, with illus, paper, $45, ISBN 0-387-98456-9, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 1999.
OtolaryngologyWired for Sound: A Journey Into Hearing
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PathologyDiagnostic Histopathology of the Lymph Node
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PediatricsEvaluation of the Sexually Abused Child: Interactive Case Studies, Photo Atlas, and Readings
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Pharmacology-TherapeuticsBenefit-Risk Balance for Marketed Drugs: Evaluating Safety Signals
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Magic Molecules: How Drugs Work
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Nicotine Safety and Toxicity
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Primary CareICPC-2: International Classification of Primary Care
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When to Call the Surgeon: Decision Making for Primary Care Providers
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PsychiatryNeuropsychological Effects of the Psychiatric Disorders
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Public HealthHandbook of Immigrant Health
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Population Health: Concepts and Methods
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SurgeryAesthetic Perspectives in Jaw Surgery
by Harvey M. Rosen, 284 pp, with illus, $175, ISBN 0-387-98304-X, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 1999.
Cosmetic Laser Surgery: A Practitioner's Guide
edited by Tina S. Alster and David B. Apfelberg, 2nd ed, 393 pp, with illus, $225, ISBN 0-471-25270-0, New York, NY, Wiley-Liss, 1999.
Plastic Surgery Secrets: Questions You Will Be Asked on Rounds, in the OR, on Oral Exams
edited by Jeffrey Weinzweig (The Secrets Series), 645 pp, with illus, paper, $49, ISBN 1-56053-219-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Hanley & Belfus, 1998.
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