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JAMA. 1999;281(14):1341. doi:10.1001/jama.281.14.1341.
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Alternative MedicineComplementary/Alternative Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach

edited by John W. Spencer and Joseph J. Jacobs, 442 pp, with illus, paper, $39.95, ISBN 0-8151-2989-0, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
AnesthesiologyPrinciples and Practice of Anesthesiology CD-ROM
by David E. Longnecker, John H. Tinker, and G. Edward Morgan, Jr, 2nd ed, one CD-ROM; requirements: Windows Only: 486 or Pentium PC running Windows 95, NT, or 3.1 (if 3.1, need installed TCP/IP stack and configured modem); 16MB RAM minimum, 30MB free hard disk space minimum, 2×/faster CD drive, 640×480 color monitor, 28.8/faster modem; documentation: 12 pp user's guide; $225, ISBN 0-323-00703-1, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999. (Textbook reviewed in JAMA March 10, 1999.)
Biography, MemoirThe Physician and the Slave Trade: John Kirk, the Livingstone Expeditions, and the Crusade Against Slavery in East Africa
by Daniel Liebowitz, 303 pp, with illus, $27.95, ISBN 0-7167-3098-7, New York, NY, WH Freeman & Co, 1999.
Biology, BiochemistryMolecular Mechanisms of Fever
edited by Matthew J. Kluger, Tamas Bartfai, and Charles Dinarello (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol 856; symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 1997), 308 pp, with illus, $100, ISBN 1-57331-133-2, soft cover, ISBN 1-57331-134-0, New York, New York Academy of Sciences, ISSN 0077-8923, 1998.
CardiologyCardiac Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Function and Regulation of Contractility
edited by Robert G. Johnson, Jr, and Evangelia G. Kranias (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol 853; symposium, Washington, DC, September 1997), 395 pp, with illus, $140, ISBN 1-57331-129-4, soft cover, ISBN 1-57331-130-8, New York, NY, New York Academy of Sciences, ISSN 0077-8923, 1998.
Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes
edited by Christopher P. Cannon (Contemporary Cardiology, No. 1), 659 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 0-89603-552-2, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 1999.
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
edited by Mehmet C. Oz and Daniel J. Goldstein (Contemporary Cardiology, No. 2), 237 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 0-89603-635-9, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 1999.
DermatologyCosmetic Dermatologic Surgery
edited by Leonard M. Dzubow, 301 pp, with illus, $135, ISBN 0-397-51740-8, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1998.
Emergency MedicineEmergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, vols 1-3
edited by Peter Rosen, 4th ed, 3210 pp, with illus, includes CD-ROM, $355, ISBN 0-323-00461-X, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1998. (Textbook reviewed in JAMA June 17, 1998.)
Environmental HealthEnvironmental Illness: Myth and Reality
by Herman Staudenmayer, 376 pp, with illus, $79.95, ISBN 1-56670-305-0, New York, NY, Lewis Publishers, 1999.
EthicsBeyond Consent: Seeking Justice in Research
edited by Jeffrey P. Kahn, Anna C. Mastroianni, and Jeremy Sugarman, 190 pp, $39.95, ISBN 0-19-511353-5, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
When Doctors Say No: The Battleground of Medical Futility
by Susan B. Rubin (Medical Ethics Series), 191 pp, $24.95, ISBN 0-253-33463-2, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1998.
Health SystemsThe Potential for Health: How to Improve the Nation's Health
by Kenneth C. Calman, 280 pp, with illus, ISBN 0-19-262585-3, paper, $28.50, ISBN 0-19-262944-1, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
Strategies for Integrated Health Care: Emerging Practices in Information Management and Cross-Continuum Care
by Erica Drazen and Jane Metzger, 240 pp, with illus, $46.95, ISBN 0-7879-4159-X, San Francisco, Calif, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999.
To Improve Health and Health Care 1998-1999: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology
edited by Stephen L. Isaacs and James R. Knickman, 254 pp, with illus, paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-7879-4391-6, San Francisco, Calif, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998.
ImmunologyAllergens and Allergen Immunotherapy
edited by Richard F. Lockey and Samuel C. Bukantz (Clinical Allergy and Immunology, vol 12), 2nd ed, 609 pp, with illus, $225, ISBN 0-8247-0188-7, New York, NY, Marcel Dekker, 1999.
Infectious DiseaseTransplant Infections
edited by Raleigh A. Bowden, Per Ljungman, and Carlos V. Paya, 425 pp, with illus, $145, ISBN 0-397-58776-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1998.
MiscellaneousPeaceful Dying: The Step-by-Step Guide to Preserving Your Dignity, Your Choice, and Your Inner Peace at the End of Life
by Daniel R. Tobin, with Karen Lindsey, 224 pp, paper, $14, ISBN 0-7382-0034-4, Reading, Mass, Perseus Books, 1999.
Sleep Disorders Medicine: Basic Science, Technical Considerations, and Clinical Aspects
edited by Sudhansu Chokroverty, 2nd ed, 781 pp, with illus, $145, ISBN 0-7506-9954-X, Woburn, Mass, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.
Swimming With Jonah
by Audrey Schulman, 261 pp, $22, ISBN 0-380-97686-2, New York, NY, Avon Books, 1999 (fiction; self-made physician-entrepreneur's daughter attends abusive offshore medical school).
OphthalmologyAutomated Static Perimetry
by Douglas R. Anderson and Vincent Michael Patella, 2nd ed, 363 pp, with illus, $84.95, ISBN 0-8151-4384-2, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
Essentials of Low Vision Practice
edited by Richard L. Brilliant, 409 pp, with illus, $85, ISBN 0-7506-9307-X, Woburn, Mass, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.
Pharmacology-TherapeuticsThe Rise of Psychopharmacology and the Story of CINP
edited by T. A. Ban, D. Healy, and E. Shorter, 448 pp, with illus, $30, ISBN 963-408-105-3, Budapest, Hungary, Animula Publishing House, 1998 [Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum].
Primary CarePrimary Care of Native American Patients: Diagnosis, Therapy, and Epidemiology
edited by James M. Galloway, Bruce W. Goldberg, and Joseph S. Alpert, 381 pp, with illus, paper, $49, ISBN 0-7506-9989-2, Woburn, Mass, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.
PsychiatryTourette's Syndrome—Tics, Obsessions, Compulsions: Developmental Psychopathology and Clinical Care
by James F. Leckman and Donald J. Cohen, 584 pp, with illus, $89.95, ISBN 0-471-16037-7, New York, NY, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
Public HealthThe Biology of Violence: How Understanding the Brain, Behavior, and Environment Can Break the Vicious Circle of Aggression
by Debra Niehoff, 384 pp, with illus, $25, ISBN 0-684-83132-5, New York, NY, Free Press, 1999.
Pulmonology-RespirologyCystic Fibrosis in Adults
edited by James R. Yankaskas and Michael R. Knowles, 506 pp, with illus, $99.95, ISBN 0-7817-1011-1, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1999.
Rhinitis: Mechanisms and Management
edited by Robert M. Naclerio, Stephen R. Durham, and Niels Mygind (Lung Biology in Health and Disease, vol 123), 539 pp, with illus, $195, ISBN 0-8247-0189-5, New York, NY, Marcel Dekker, 1999.
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Sports-ExerciseHandbook of Sports Medicine: A Symptom-Oriented Approach
edited by Wade A. Lillegard, Janus D. Butcher, and Karen S. Rucker, 2nd ed, 431 pp, with illus, $65, ISBN 0-7506-9041-0, Woburn, Mass, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999.
Oxford Handbook of Sports Medicine
edited by Eugene Sherry and Stephen F. Wilson, 933 pp, with illus, soft cover, $29.95, ISBN 0-19-262890-9, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
SurgeryConcise Surgery: An Illustrated Guide
edited by Kevin Lafferty and John Rennie, 498 pp, with illus, paper, $32.95, ISBN 0-340-70611-2, London, UK, Arnold, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery
edited by A. Leland Albright, Ian F. Pollack, and P. David Adelson, 1300 pp, with illus, $239, ISBN 0-86577-799-3, New York, NY, Thieme Medical Publishers, 1999.
The Sages Manual: Fundamentals of Laparoscopy and GI Endoscopy
edited by Carol E. H. Scott-Conner, 602 pp, with illus, paper, $49, ISBN 0-387-98496-8, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 1999.
Vascular Disorders of the Upper Extremity
edited by Herbert I. Machleder, 3rd ed, 514 pp, with illus, $98, ISBN 0-87993-409-3, Armonk, NY, Futura Publishing Co, 1998.

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