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JAMA. 1999;281(13):1233. doi:10.1001/jama.281.13.1233.
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Biology, BiochemistrySkeletal Muscle Metabolism in Exercise and Diabetes

edited by Erik A. Richter, Bente Kiens, Henrik Galbo, and Bengt Saltin (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 441; symposium, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 1997), 328 pp, with illus, $95, ISBN 0-306-45920-5, New York, NY, Plenum Press, 1998.
CancerOne Renegade Cell: How Cancer Begins
by Robert A. Weinberg (Science Masters Series), 170 pp, with illus, $21, ISBN 0-465-07275-5, New York, NY, Basic Books/Perseus Books Group, 1998.
GeneticsThe Science Times Book of Genetics
edited by Nicholas Wade, 288 pp, with illus, $25, ISBN 1-55821-765-7, New York, NY, Lyons Press, 1998.
GeriatricsThe Heart of Long-Term Care
by Rosalie A. Kane, Robert L. Kane, and Richard C. Ladd, 328 pp, with illus, $39.95, ISBN 0-19-512238-0, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
Health SystemsManaged Care: What It Is and How It Works
by Wendy Knight, 267 pp, with illus, paper, $29, ISBN 0-8342-1089-4, Gaithersburg, Md, Aspen Publishers, 1998.
Millennium Management: Better, Faster, Cheaper Strategies for Managing 21st Century Healthcare Organizations
by Russell C. Coile, Jr (ACHE Management Series), 213 pp, with illus, paper, $42, ISBN 1-56793-084-0, Chicago, Ill, Health Administration Press, 1998.
HistoryCivil War Medicine, 1861-1865
by C. Keith Wilbur (Illustrated Living History Series), 119 pp, with illus, paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-7627-0341-5, Old Saybrook, Conn, Globe Pequot Press, 1998.
Gout: The Patrician Malady
by Roy Porter and G. S. Rousseau, 393 pp, with illus, $35, ISBN 0-300-07386-0, New Haven, Conn, Yale University Press, 1998.
ImagingThe Abdominal Plain Film With Correlative Imaging
by Stephen R. Baker and Kyunghee C. Cho, 2nd ed, 652 pp, with illus, $165, ISBN 0-8385-0275-X, Stamford, Conn, Appleton & Lange, 1999.
LawExpert Witness Takes a Stand
by Charles A. Bertrand, 204 pp, $26, ISBN 0-9629017-1-7, Norfolk, Va, Creative Media Productions, 1998 (on "the growing conflict between the medical profession and the legal profession").
MedicineCMDT on CD-ROM 1998 (Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by Stephen J. McPhee, Maxine A. Papadakis, Ralph Gonzales, and Lawrence M. Tierney, Jr, one CD-ROM; requirements: Macintosh: Apple, Quadra or PowerPC, 16MB RAM memory; Windows: Pentium PC running at 66MHz, 16MB RAM memory, hard disk drive with 3MB of free RAM; documentation 50 pp user's guide, $99, ISBN 0-8385-1480-4, Stamford, Conn, Appleton & Lange New Media, 1998.
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 1999
edited by Lawrence M. Tierney, Jr, Stephen J. McPhee, and Maxine A. Papadakis, 38th ed, 1672 pp, with illus, paper, $47.50, ISBN 0-8385-1550-9, ISSN 0092-8682, Stamford, Conn, Appleton & Lange, 1999.
Making Medical Decisions: An Approach to Clinical Decision Making for Practicing Physicians
by Richard Gross, 119 pp, with illus, paper, $18, ISBN 0-943126-75-4, Philadelphia, Pa, American College of Physicians, 1999.
NeurologyAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Synthesis of Research and Clinical Practice
by Andrew Eisen and Charles Krieger, 303 pp, with illus, $74.95, ISBN 0-521-58103-6, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management
edited by Henry J. M. Barnett, J. P. Mohr, Bennett M. Stein, and Frank M. Yatsu, 3rd ed, 1459 pp, with illus, $250, ISBN 0-443-07551-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Churchill Livingstone, 1998.
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Causes and Cures
by Bruce Weir (Contemporary Neurology), 301 pp, with illus, $120, ISBN 0-19-512875-3, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
OphthalmologyAge-Related Macular Degeneration
edited by Jeffrey W. Berger, Stuart L. Fine, and Maureen G. Maguire, 463 pp, with illus, $175, ISBN 0-323-00200-5, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
MOM Module Three: Oculoplastic Surgery (Multimedia Oculosurgical Module)
by Robert M. Schertzer, David X. Pang, and Luanna R. Bartholomew, one CD-ROM, requirements: Macintosh: PowerPC running System 7.1 or higher, 16MB RAM minimum, 20MB free hard disk space, 4×/faster CD drive, 832×624 monitor; Windows: 486 or Pentium running Windows 95 or higher, 16MB RAM min, 20MB free hard disk space, 4×/faster CD drive, 800×600 monitor; documentation: 16 pp user's guide; $149.95, ISBN 0-8151-2657-3, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
The Retinal Pigment Epithelium
edited by Michael F. Marmor and Thomas J. Wolfensberger, 745 pp, with illus, $198.50, ISBN 0-19-510956-2, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
OrthopedicsArthrocentesis
by Gerald F. Moore (Mosby's Primary Care Procedures CD-ROM Series), one CD-ROM; requirements: Macintosh: 80MHz PowerMac running MacOS 7.1 (120 MHz best), 16MB RAM (32MB best), 10MB free hard disk space; Windows: 133 MHz Pentium PC running Windows 95 (166 MHz best), 16MB RAM (32 best), 10MB free hard disk space; documentation: 10 pp user's guide; $99, ISBN 1-55664-549-X, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
PainEvaluation and Treatment of Chronic Pain
edited by Gerald M. Aronoff, 3rd ed, 749 pp, with illus, $120, ISBN 0-683-30149-7, Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
PediatricsUnacceptable Risk: Child Sexual Abuse and AIDS
by A. Kenneth Fuller, 215 pp, paper, $34.95, ISBN 0-9643826-06, Thomasville, Ga, Thomas College Press, 1998.
PsychiatryEmergency Psychiatry and Mental Health Policy: An International Point of View
edited by Michel De Clercq, Suzanne Lamarre, and Herman Vergouwen, 269 pp, with illus, $135, ISBN 0-444-50015-4, soft cover, ISBN 0-444-50016-2, New York, NY, Elsevier Science, 1998.
RehabilitationThe Complete Directory for People With Disabilities 1998/99: A One-Stop Source Book for Individuals and Professionals
by Project Staff for Grey House Publishing, 889 pp, $190, ISBN 1-891482-06-8, paper, $165, ISBN 0-939300-95-8, Lakeville, Conn, Grey House Publishing, 1998.
Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Guide to Living with the Problems Asociated with Brain Trauma
by Diane Roberts Stoler and Barbara Albers Hill, 334 pp, with illus, paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-89529-791-4, Garden City Park, NY, Avery Publishing Group, 1998.
Living With Brain Injury: A Guide for Families
by Richard C. Senelick and Cathy E. Ryan, 145 pp, with illus, paper, $8.95, ISBN 1-891525-00-X, Birmingham, Ala, HealthSouth Press, 1998.
RheumatologyGout, Hyperuricemia, and Other Crystal-Associated Arthropathies
edited by Charley J. Smyth and V. Michael Holers, 401 pp, with illus, $165, ISBN 0-8247-0210-7, New York, NY, Marcel Dekker, 1999.
SurgeryIntestinal Ischemia Disorders: Pathophysiology and Management
edited by Walter E. Longo, Gary J. Peterson, and Donald L. Jacobs, 329 pp, with illus, $85, ISBN 1-57626-084-4, St Louis, Mo, Quality Medical Publishing, 1998.
Surgical Disorders of the Peripheral Nerves
by Rolfe Birch, George Bonney, and C. B. Wynn Parry, 539 pp, with illus, $150, ISBN 0-443-04443-0, Philadelphia, Pa, Churchill Livingstone, 1998.
Trauma Secrets: Questions You Will Be Asked . . . On Rounds, In Trauma Care Settings, On Oral Exams
edited by Gideon P. Naudé, Frederic S. Bongard, and Demetrios Demetriades (The Secrets Series), 297 pp, with illus, paper, $38, ISBN 1-56053-256-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Hanley & Belfus, 1999.
Vasculature of the Brain and Cranial Base: Variations in Clinical Anatomy
by Walter Grand and L. N. Hopkins, illustrated by Paul H. Dressel, 228 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 0-86577-784-5, paper, ISBN 3-13-111221-2, New York, NY9, Thieme, 1999.

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