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JAMA. 1999;281(24):2347. doi:10.1001/jama.281.24.2347.
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Alcohol and Drug DependenceAddictions: A Sourcebook for Professionals

edited by Barbara S. McCrady and Elizabeth E. Epstein, 624 pp, with illus, $65, ISBN 0-19-511489-2, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1999.
Alcohol Withdrawal Treatment Manual
by Paolo B. DePetrillo and Mark K. McDonough, 244 pp, paper, $75, ISBN 0-9661673-0-9, Glen Echo, Md, Focused Treatment Systems, 1999.
Biology, BiochemistryTissue Engineering for Therapeutic Use 1
edited by Yoshito Ikada and Yoshio Yamaoka (International Congress Series, No. 1169; symposium, Kyoto, Japan, March 1997), 160 pp, with illus, $135, ISBN 0-444-82993-8, New York, NY, Elsevier, 1998.
Tissue Engineering for Therapeutic Use 2
edited by Yoshito Ikada and Shoji Enomoto (International Congress Series, No. 1170; symposium, Tokyo, Japan, October 1997), 137 pp, with illus, $123.50, ISBN 0-444-50076-6, New York, NY, Elsevier, 1998.
Emergency MedicinePediatric Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide Companion Handbook
edited by Gary R. Strange, William R. Ahrens, Robert W. Schafermeyer, and William C. Toepper, 915 pp, with illus, paper, $39, ISBN 0-07-062008-3, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Preventing Malpractice Lawsuits in Pediatric Emergency Medicine
by Steven M. Selbst and Joel B. Korin, 196 pp, with illus, paper, Dallas, Tex, American College of Emergency Physicians, $64.95, $54.95 members, 1999.
EthicsAdvance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making in Health Care: United States, Germany, and Japan
edited by Hans-Martin Sass, Robert M. Veatch, and Rihito Kimura, 311 pp, $48, ISBN 0-8018-5831-3, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
GastroenterologyClinical Practice of Gastroenterology, vols 1-2
edited by Lawrence J. Brandt, 1731 pp, with illus, $235, ISBN 0-443-06520-9, Philadelphia, Pa, Churchill Livingstone, Philadelphia, Pa, Current Medicine, 1999.
GeneticsMedical Genetics
by George H. Sack, Jr, 286 pp, with illus, includes CD-ROM, $45, ISBN 0-07-057998-9, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Promoting Safe and Effective Genetic Testing in the United States: Final Report of the Task Force on Genetic Testing
edited by Neil A. Holtzman and Michael S. Watson, 186 pp, with illus, $60, ISBN 0-8018-5952-2, paper, $28, ISBN 0-8018-5972-7, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998 (also available at http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/ELSI/TFGT_final/).
GeriatricsPersonal Assistance: The Future of Home Care
by Robert Morris, Francis G. Caro, and John E. Hansan, 205 pp, $48, ISBN 0-8018-5902-6, paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-8018-5903-4, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology
edited by William R. Hazzard, John P. Blass, Walter H. Ettinger, Jr, Jeffrey B. Halter, and Joseph G. Ouslander, 4th ed, 1668 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 0-07-027502-5, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Public and Private Responsibilities in Long-Term Care: Finding the Balance
edited by Leslie C. Walker, Elizabeth H. Bradley, and Terrie Wetle, 206 pp, $42, ISBN 0-8018-5901-8, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Health SystemsThe 21st Century Health Care Leader
edited by Roderick W. Gilkey, 406 pp, with illus, $39.95, ISBN 0-7879-4157-3, San Francisco, Calif, Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1999.
The Doctor Dilemma: Public Policy and the Changing Role of Physicians Under Ontario Medicine
by S. E. D. Shortt, 148 pp, $55, ISBN 0-7735-1793-6, paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-7735-1794-4, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.
The Lost Art of Healing: Practicing Compassion in Medicine
by Bernard Lown, 344 pp, paper, $14, ISBN 0-345-42597-9, New York, NY, Ballantine Books, 1996 (hard cover edition reviewed in JAMA November 20, 1996).
HematologyHematology in Clinical Practice: A Guide to Diagnosis and Management
by Robert S. Hillman and Kenneth A. Ault, 2nd ed, 568 pp, with illus, paper, $49, ISBN 0-07-029023-7, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
edited by E. Donnall Thomas, Karl G. Blume, and Stephen J. Forman, 2nd ed, 1260 pp, with illus, $295, ISBN 0-632-04371-7, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 1999.
HistoryA Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome
by Howard I. Kushner, 320 pp, with illus, $29.95, ISBN 0-674-18022-4, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 1999.
OphthalmologyClinical Guide to Comprehensive Ophthalmology
edited by David A. Lee and Eve J. Higginbotham, 727 pp, with illus, $159, ISBN 0-86577-766-7, New York, NY, Thieme, 1999.
Color Atlas of Ophthalmology: The Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital Pocket Guide
edited by Suresh Mandava, Tara Sweeney, and David Guyer, 602 pp, with illus, paper, $59, ISBN 0-86577-685-7, New York, NY, Thieme, 1999.
Refractive Surgery
edited by Helen K. Wu, Vance M. Thompson, Roger F. Steinert, Peter S. Hersh, and Stephen G. Slade, 492 pp, with illus, $175, ISBN 0-86577-759-4, New York, NY, Thieme, 1999.
OrthopedicsThe Virtual Surgeon: ACL Reconstruction
by George Bentley, Russell E. Windsor, and Andrew Williams (The Virtual Surgeon-Elective Knee Surgery), one CD-ROM, requirements: PC Pentium running Windows 95/98 or MAC Power PC/G3 running, system 7.5 or higher, quad speed CD-ROM drive, 16MB RAM, 10MB free hard disk space, 16 bit color display, $250, London, United Kingdom, TVF Multimedia, 1998 (www.thevirtualsurgeon.com; knee@thevirtualsurgeon.com).
PathologyPractical Atlas of Pseudomalignancy: Benign Lesions Mimicking Malignancy
edited by Salam Z. Al-Sam, Sunil R. Lakhani, and Jack D. Davies, 372 pp, with illus, $195, ISBN 0-340-64616-0, London, United Kingdom, Arnold, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
Practical Cardiovascular Pathology
by Mary Sheppard and Michael J. Davies, 234 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 0-340-67749-X, London, United Kingdom, Arnold, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1998.
PediatricsFailure to Thrive and Pediatric Undernutrition: A Transdisciplinary Approach
edited by Daniel B. Kessler and Peter Dawson, 620 pp, with illus, $62.95, ISBN 1-55766-348-3, Baltimore, Md, Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co, 1999.
Pediatric Respiratory Medicine
edited by Lynn M. Taussig and Louis I. Landau, 1296 pp, with illus, $175, ISBN 0-8016-7406-9, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
The Pediatrician's Managed Care Manual
by William J. Wenner, Jr (The Managed Care Manual Series), 153 pp, with illus, spiral-bound, $54.95, ISBN 1-890045-04-7, Boston, Mass, Total Learning Concepts, 1999.
Pharmacology-TherapeuticsMarijuana Rx: The Patients' Fight for Medicinal Pot
by Robert C. Randall and Alice M. O'Leary, 498 pp, paper, $14.95, ISBN 1-56025-166-2, New York, NY, Thunder's Mouth Press, 1998.
Primary CareHelping the Hard-Core Smoker: A Clincian's Guide
edited by Daniel F. Seidman and Lirio S. Covey, 307 pp, with illus, $32.50, ISBN 0-8058-2755-2, Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999.
Management of Office Emergencies
by Christopher W. Barton, 398 pp, with illus, paper, $35, ISBN 0-07-006303-6, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Moser's Primary Care for Physician Assistants Companion Handbook
by Richard W. Dehn, 749 pp, with illus, paper, ISBN 0-07-016151-8, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Taylor's Family Medicine Review
edited by Robert B. Taylor, 285 pp, with illus, paper, $42, ISBN 0-387-98569-7, New York, NY, Springer, 1999.
Twenty Common Problems in Primary Care
edited by Barry D. Weiss, 592 pp, with illus, paper, $45, ISBN 0-07-069609-8, New York, NY, McGraw Hill, 1999.
Public HealthScreening
edited by Catherine Peckham and Carol Dezateux (British Medical Bulletin, vol 54, No. 4), 257 pp, with illus, paper, $240 or £142/vol, single copy $73 or £34.95, ISBN 1-85315-345-1, ISSN 0007-1420, New York, NY, Royal Society of Medicine Press, 1998.
Sports-ExerciseHandbook of Sports Injuries
edited by R. Charles Bull, 865 pp, with illus, paper, $38, ISBN 0-07-008993-0, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Sports Medicine of the Lower Extremity
edited by Steven I. Subotnick, 2nd ed, 781 pp, with illus, $119, ISBN 0-443-08999-X, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 1999.

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