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Making Doctors

JAMA. 1999;282(12):1191. doi:10.1001/jama.282.12.1191.
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Biography, MemoirIn the Jaws of the Black Dogs: A Memoir of Depression

by John Bentley Mays, 256 pp, with illus, $24, ISBN 0-06-019288-7, New York, NY, HarperCollinsPublishers, 1999.
Living in the Lightning: A Cancer Journal
by Natalie Robins, 103 pp, $28, ISBN 0-8135-2664-7, paper, $14, ISBN 0-8135-2665-5, New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 1999 (essays originally published in Self magazine).
Twentieth-Century Doctor: House Calls to Space Medicine
by Mavis P. Kelsey, Sr (Sara and John Lindsey Series in the Arts and Humanities, No. 4), 408 pp, with illus, $29.95, ISBN 0-89096-866-7, College Station, Texas A&M University Press, 1999 (autobiography).
CardiologyThe Brugada Syndrome
by C. Antzelevitch, P. Brugada, J. Brugada, R. Brugada, K. Nademanee, and J. Towbin (Clinical Approaches to Tachyarrhythmias, vol 10), 99 pp, with illus, paper, $21, ISBN 0-87993-434-4, Armonk, NY, Futura Publishing Co, 1999.
Electrocardiography of Acute Myocardial Ischaemic Syndromes
edited by Samuel Sclarovsky, 226 pp, with illus, $99.95, ISBN 1-85317-380-0, London, UK, Martin Dunitz, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 1999.
EthicsMoral Problems in Medicine: A Practical Coursebook
by Michael Palmer, 190 pp, paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8020-8257-2, Buffalo, NY, University of Toronto Press, 1999.
HematologyHematology/Oncology Secrets
edited by Marie E. Wood (The Secrets Series), 2nd ed, 434 pp, with illus, paper, $38, ISBN 1-56053-313-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Hanley & Belfus, 1999.
HistoryConduct Unbecoming a Woman: Medicine on Trial in Turn-of-the-Century Brooklyn
by Regina Morantz-Sanchez, 292 pp, with illus, $30, ISBN 0-19-512624-6, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1999.
Death of Medicine in Nazi Germany: Dermatology and Dermatopathology Under the Swastika
by Wolfgang Weyers, 442 pp, with illus, $49.95, ISBN 1-56833-121-5, paper, $49.95, ISBN 1-56833-122-3, Philadelphia, Pa, Ardor Scribendi, New York, NY, Madison Books, 1998.
The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator, and Women's Sexual Satisfaction
by Rachel P. Maines (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology), 181 pp, with illus, $22, ISBN 0-8018-5941-7, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
ImagingCase Review: Brain Imaging
by Laurie A. Loevner (Case Review Series), 266 pp, with illus, paper, $39.95, ISBN 0-323-00430-X, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
Gastrointestinal Radiology: The Requisites
by Robert D. Halpert and Peter J. Feczko (The Requisites), 2nd ed, 334 pp, with illus, $80, ISBN 0-8151-4370-2, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
Tissue Substitutes, Phantoms and Computational Modelling in Medical Ultrasound
by International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (ICRU Report 61), 132 pp, with illus, paper, $65, ISBN 0-913394-60-2, Bethesda, Md, International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements, 1998.
MiscellaneousChronic Wound Healing: Clinical Measurement and Basic Science
edited by Raj Mani, Vincent Falanga, Clifford P. Shearman, and Derek Sandeman, 185 pp, with illus, $69, ISBN 0-7020-2206-3, New York, NY, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
How Scientists Explain Disease
by Paul Thagard, 263 pp, with illus, $29.95, ISBN 0-691-00261-4, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1999.
The Medical Interview: Gateway to the Doctor-Patient Relationship
by C. Knight Aldrich, 2nd ed, 164 pp, paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-85070-014-1, New York, NY, Parthenon Publishing Group, 1999.
Should We Risk It? Exploring Environmental, Health, and Technological Problem Solving
by Daniel M. Kammen and David M. Hassenzahl, 404 pp, with illus, $39.50, ISBN 0-691-00426-9, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 1999.
Women in Science and Engineering: Choices for Success
edited by Cecily Cannan Selby (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol 869; symposium, New York City, March 1998), 263 pp, with illus, ISBN 1-57331-166-9, soft cover, $40, ISBN 1-57331-167-7, New York Academy of Sciences, ISSN 0077-8923, 1999.
NeurologyFifty Neurological Cases From the National Hospital
edited by Adrian J. Wills and C. David Marsden, 165 pp, with illus, soft cover, $49.95, £24.95, ISBN 1-85317-677-X, London, UK, Martin Dunitz, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 1999.
Parkinson's Disease: The Treatment Options
edited by Peter LeWitt and Wolfgang Oertel, 260 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 1-85317-379-7, London, UK, Martin Dunitz, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 1999.
The Whole Brain Atlas on CD-ROM
by Keith A. Johnson and J. Alex Becker, one CD-ROM, requirements: Macintosh: System 7.5 or higher, PowerMac or better, Internet Browser Netscape 4. × or higher, recommended, 16MBRAM, 8MB free hard disc space; Windows 95 or higher, Pentium 90 processor or better, Internet browser Internet Explorer 4. × or higher, 16MB RAM, 11MB free hard disc space, documentation: 3 pp user's guide, $150, ISBN 0-7817-1841-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999 (includes illustrative cases, video clips, and magnetic resonance, positron emission tomographic, computed tomographic, and single photon emission computed tomographic scanning images).
New MediaMedical Information on the Internet: A Guide for Health Professionals
by Robert Kiley, 2nd ed, 160 pp, with illus, includes CD-ROM, paper, $28, ISBN 0-443-06194-7, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 1999.
Occupational HealthOccupational Health: Risk Assessment and Management
edited by Steven S. Sadhra and Krishna G. Rampal, 492 pp, with illus, $165, ISBN 0-632-04199-4, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 1999.
OphthalmologyClinical Strabismus Management: Principles and Surgical Techniques
edited by Arthur L. Rosenbaum and Alvina Pauline Santiago, 569 pp, with illus, $195, ISBN 0-7216-7673-1, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
PerinatologyDiagnostic Ultrasound of Fetal Anomalies: Case Studies and Anomaly Recognition
by Mark Deutchman and Philip Loquet, one CD-ROM, requirements: Macintosh: 16MB RAM, System 7.1 or higher, 10MB free hard disk space, 2 × -speed CD-ROM player, Windows: 16MB RAM, Windows 95, 15MB free hard disk space, 2 × -speed CD-ROM player, $175 individual, ISBN 1-57276-043-5, Newton, Mass, SilverPlatter Education, 1999.
PhysiologySimBioSys Physiology Labs, ver 3
one CD-ROM, requirements: Macintosh: Mac System 7.5, 16MB RAM, 5MB to 15MB available hard disk space; Windows: Win 3.1 or 95, 486DX2/66 (Pentium preferred), 16MB RAM, 8MB to 15MB available hard disk space, documentation: 30 pp user's guide, $395, ISBN 1-890404-09-8, Chicago, Ill, Critical Concepts, 1999 (version 2 reviewed in JAMA April 8, 1998).
Primary CareAdult Health Advisor 7.OS
(Patient Education Advisor Series), three 3.5-in diskettes, requirements: PC with Windows 3.1 or 95, 4MB RAM, documentation: 7 pp reference guide, $475 individual, $1075 multiuser, Greenwood Village, Colo, Clinical Reference Systems, 1999.
Concise Guide to Psychiatry for Primary Care Practitioners
edited by Michael F. Gliatto, Stanley N. Caroff, and Robert Kaiser (American Psychiatric Press Concise Guides), 236 pp, paper, $21.95, ISBN 0-88048-345-8, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Guide for Primary Care
edited by Sally Hope, Margaret Rees, and Janet Brockie (Oxford Medical Publications), 161 pp, with illus, paper, $34.50, ISBN 0-19-262956-5, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1999.
The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep
by William C. Dement and Christopher Vaughan, 524 pp, with illus, $24.95, ISBN 0-385-32008-6, New York, NY, Delacorte Press, 1999.
PsychiatryChIPS
by Elizabeth B. Weller, Ronald A. Weller, Marijo Teare Rooney, and Mary A. Fristad (Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes), 30 laminated pages, spiral-bound, $39.95, ISBN 0-88048-398-9, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
ChIPS: Report Forms
(Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes), package of 20 one-time-use abbreviated summary forms, 4 pp each, paper, $19.95, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
ChIPS: Scoring Forms
(Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes), package of 20 one-time-use booklets for recording answers, 8 pp each, with Profile Sheet, $24.95, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
Coping With Trauma: A Guide to Self-Understanding
by Jon G. Allen, 385 pp, paper, $16, ISBN 0-88048-996-0, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1995.
Countertransference Issues in Psychiatric Treatment
edited by Glen O. Gabbard (Review of Psychiatry Series, vol 18, No. 1), 127 pp, paper, $26.50, ISBN 0-88048-959-6, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
Lies! Lies! Lies! The Psychology of Deceit
by Charles V. Ford, 333 pp, paper, $16, ISBN 0-88048-997-9, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1996 (hard cover edition reviewed in JAMA July 3, 1996).
P-ChIPS-Parent Version
by Elizabeth B. Weller, Ronald A. Weller, Marijo Teare Rooney, and Mary A. Fristad (Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes), 30 laminated pages, spiral-bound, $39.95, ISBN 0-88048-847-6, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
P-ChIPS: Parent Version Report Forms
edited by (Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes), package of 20 one-time-use abbreviated summary forms, 4 pp each, $19.95, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
Personality and Psychopathology
edited by C. Robert Cloninger (American Psychopathological Association Series), 524 pp, with illus, $58.50, ISBN 0-88048-923-5, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
Psychiatric Treatment of the Medically Ill
edited by Robert G. Robinson and William R. Yates (Medical Psychiatry, No. 13), 564 pp, with illus, $195, ISBN 0-8247-1958-1, New York, NY, Marcel Dekker, 1999.
Psychotherapy: Indications and Outcomes
edited by David S. Janowsky (American Psychopathological Association Series; symposium, New York City, February-March 1996), 414 pp, with illus, $49.95, ISBN 0-88048-761-5, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Press, 1999.
Public HealthThe Road to the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
208 pp, with illus, Kita-Ku, Japan, The Nuclear Coverage Team, Asahi Shimbum Head Office, 3-2-4 Nakanoshima, Kita-Ku, 530-8211, Japan, arai@ibm.net, 1999 (abridged English-language version).
Pulmonology-RespirologyDifficult Asthma
edited by Stephen T. Holgate, Homer A. Boushey, and Leonardo M. Fabbri, 567 pp, with illus, $115, ISBN 1-85317-556-0, London, UK, Martin Dunitz, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 1999.
RheumatologyLupus: A Patient Care Guide for Nurses and Other Health Professionals
edited by Julia Freeman and Anne Brown Rodgers, 130 pp, with illus, spiral-bound, gratis, NIH pub No. 98-4262, Bethesda, Md, National Institutes of Health, 1999.
Lupus: Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis
by Gary M. Kammer and George C. Tsokos (Contemporary Immunology, No. 7), 708 pp, with illus, $195, ISBN 0-89603-556-5, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 1999.
Sports-ExerciseSports Medicine Advisor 2.0
(Sports Medicine Advisor Series), six 3.5-in diskettes, requirements: PC with Windows 3.1 or 95, 4MB RAM, 8MB preferred, documentation: 7 pp reference guide, $475 individual, $1075 multiuser, Greenwood Village, Colo, Clinical Reference Systems, 1999.

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