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Illness and Culture

JAMA. 1999;281(21):2050. doi:10.1001/jama.281.21.2050.
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Alcohol and Drug DependenceAlcohol and Emerging Markets: Patterns, Problems, and Responses

edited by Marcus Grant (International Center for Alcohol Policies Series on Alcohol in Society), 364 pp, with illus, $59.95, ISBN 0-87630-978-3, Philadelphia, Pa, Brunner/Mazel, 1998.
CardiologyDiagnosis in Color: Physical Signs in Cardiology
by Noble O. Fowler, 234 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-7234-3105-1, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
The Echo Manual
by Jae K. Oh, James B. Seward, and A. Jamil Tajik, 2nd ed, 278 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 0-7817-1205-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1999.
Clinical Laboratory MedicineDirect Smear Atlas: A CD-ROM of Gram-Stained Smear Preparations of Clinical Specimens
by Linda M. Marler, Jean A. Siders, and Stephen D. Allen, one CD-ROM for Windows, requirements: Win 95 or NT (32-bit OS), 16MB RAM, 6MB hard drive disk space, $59.95, ISBN 0683-30514-X, Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins, 1998.
Phlebotomy Tutor CD-ROM for Windows and Macintosh, version 1.0
by Ruth E. McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley, Joyce A. Behrens, et al, one CD-ROM, requirements: Macintosh: System 7 or higher, 60830, 608040 or PowerPC processor, 8MB, 16MB RAM; Windows: 3.1, 95/NT or Pentium processor, 8MB, 16MB RAM, documentation 2 pp installation guide, $450, ISBN 0-7817-1673-x, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott, Seattle, University of Washington Medical Center, 1998.
EthicsDarwinian Dominion: Animal Welfare and Human Interests
by Lewis Petrinovich, 431 pp, $45, ISBN 0-262-16178-8, Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press, 1999.
The Limits of Principle: Deciding Who Lives and What Dies
by Tom Koch, 176 pp, with illus, $35, ISBN 0-275-96407-8, Westport, Conn, Praeger, 1998.
GastroenterologyGastrointestinal Endosonography
edited by Jacques Van Dam and Michael V. Sivak, Jr, 298 pp, with illus, $140, ISBN 0-7216-7989-7, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
Intestinal Plasticity in Health and Disease
edited by Bertram Wiedenmann, Stefan Rosewicz, Martin Zeitz, and Ernst Otto Riecken (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol 859; symposium, Berlin, Germany, October 1997), 325 pp, with illus, $100, ISBN 1-57331-151-0, soft cover, ISBN 1-57331-152-9, ISSN 0077-8923, New York, NY, New York Academy of Sciences, 1998.
HIVTextbook of AIDS Medicine
edited by Thomas C. Merigan, Jr, John G. Bartlett, and Dani Bolognesi, 2nd ed, 1063 pp, with illus, $155, ISBN 0-683-30216-7, Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
HistoryPuritanism and Medicine: The Transatlantic Medical Family of Dr. Edmund Wilson the Elder (1583-1633), Dr. Edmund Wilson the Younger (1617-1657), and Dr. Thomas Sheafe (1603-1657)
by William Birken (Studies in English Medical History, No. 1), 106 pp, paper, $7, Willow Bark Press, Carrboro, NC, William Birken, 1998.
ImagingComputed Body Tomography With MRI Correlation, 3rd ed
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Imaging in Oncology
edited by Walter L. Curati, David O. Cosgrove, Martin J. Lipton, and David J. Allison, 217 pp, with illus, paper, $57.50, ISBN 1-9001-5103-0, London, UK, Greenwich Medical Media, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
Journal of Medical Ultrasound
edited by Por-Tying Hung and Fon-Jou Hsieh, vol 6, No. 4, 50 pp, with illus, paper, 4/y, $60/y US airmail; $45/y US surface mail, ISSN 0929-6441, Taipei, Taiwan, Excerpta Medica Asia, 1998.
Paul and Juhl's Essentials of Radiologic Imaging
edited by John H. Juhl, Andrew B. Crummy, and Janet E. Kuhlman, 7th ed, 1388 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 0-397-58421-0, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1998.
Radiology 101: The Basics and Fundamentals of Imaging
edited by William E. Erkonen and Wilbur L. Smith, 396 pp, with illus, paper, $52.95, ISBN 0-397-51499-9, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1998.
Ultrasound Board Review: Questions and Answers for Self-Assessment
edited by Michael M. Abiri, 172 pp, with illus, paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-86577-815-9, New York, NY, Thieme, 1999.
The Ultrasound Handbook: Clinical, Etiologic, and Pathologic Implications of Sonographic Findings
by Rebecca Hall, 3rd ed, 263 pp, paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-7817-1711-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
MiscellaneousChinese Medical Journal (Taipei)
edited by Mau-Song Chang, vol 61, No. 12, 100 pp, with illus, paper, ISSN 0578-1337, Hong Kong, China, Excerpta Medica Asia, 1998.
Diagnostic Challenges: 150 Cases to Test Your Clinical Skills
by Marshall Goldberg, 390 pp, with illus, soft cover, $28, ISBN 0-683-30694-4, Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
edited by Lin, Jung-Yaw, vol 97, No. 12, 101 pp, with illus, paper, 12/y, $120 US airmail, $90 US surface mail ISSN 0929-6646, Hong Kong, China, Excerpta Medica Asia, 1998.
The Last Dance: Encountering Death and Dying
by Lynne Ann DeSpelder and Albert Lee Strickland, 5th ed, 649 pp, with illus, $47.95, ISBN 0-7674-0657-5, Mountain View, Calif, Mayfield Publishing Co, 1999.
NephrologyPrinciples and Practice of Dialysis
edited by William L. Henrich, 2nd ed, 601 pp, with illus, $135, ISBN 0-683-30241-8, Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
OrthopedicsMRI, Arthroscopy, and Surgical Anatomy of the Joints
by David W. Stoller, with 14 contributors, illustrated by Salvdor Beltran, 686 pp, with illus, $249, ISBN 0-7817-1666-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1999.
PsychiatryAttention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Clinical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment for Health and Mental Health Professionals
by Larry B. Silver, 2nd ed, 280 pp, $29.95, ISBN 0-88048-940-5, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Clinical Applications
by Stephen M. Stahl, one CD-ROM for Macintosh and Windows, $54.95, ISBN 0-521-62892-X, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Suicide and Attempted Suicide: Methods and Consequences
by Geo Stone, 416 pp, $25, ISBN 0-7867-0492-6, New York, NY, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1999.
Trichotillomania
edited by Dan J. Stein, Gary A. Christenson, and Eric Hollander, 344 pp, with illus, $45, ISBN 0-88048-759-3, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
Public HealthAmerican Youth Violence
by Franklin E. Zimring (Studies in Crime and Public Policy), 209 pp, with illus, $29.95, ISBN 0-19-512145-7, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
A False Dawn: Palestinian Health and Human Rights Under Siege in the Peace Process
fact-finding mission of the Johannes Wier Foundation (the Netherlands) and Physicians for Human Rights (UK), 82 pp, paper, ISBN 90-73550-15-7, International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO), 1998.
Gender and Tuberculosis: An International Research Workshop
edited by Vinod K. Diwan, Anna Thorson, and Anna Winkvist (NHV Report 1998:3; symposium, Göteborg, Sweden, May 1998), 199 pp, with illus, ISSN 0283-1961, paper, ISBN 91-88710-62-9, Göteborg, Sweden, Nordic School of Public Health, 1998.
Toward an End to Hunger in America
by Peter K. Eisinger, 177 pp, $39.95, ISBN 0-8157-2282-6, paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-8157-2281-8, Washington, DC, Brookings Institution Press, 1998.
RehabilitationPediatric Rehabilitation
edited by Gabriella E. Molnar and Michael A. Alexander, 3rd ed, 434 pp, with illus, $75, ISBN 1-56053-306-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Hanley & Belfus, 1999.
SurgeryRothman-Simeone The Spine, vols 1-2
edited by Harry N. Herkowitz, Frank J. Eismont, Steven R. Garfin, Gordon R. Bell, Richard A. Balderston, and Sam W. Wiesel, 4th ed, 1889 pp, with illus, $295, ISBN 0-7216-7176-4, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
UrologyColor Atlas of Endourology
by David M. Albala and Michael Grasso III, 214 pp, with illus, $135, ISBN 0-397-51676-2, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott-Raven, 1999.

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