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JAMA. 1999;282(23):2263-2264. doi:10.1001/jama.282.23.2263.
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Alcohol and Drug DependenceTreating Addiction as a Human Process

by Edward J. Khantzian (Library of Substance Abuse and Addiction Treatment), 687 pp, $70, ISBN 0-7657-0186-3, Northvale, NJ, Jason Aronson, 1999.
CardiologyHemodynamic Rounds: Interpretation of Cardiac Pathophysiology From Pressure Waveform Analysis
edited by Morton J. Kern, 2nd ed, 329 pp, with illus, paper, $64.95, ISBN 0-471-34759-0, New York, NY, Wiley-Liss, 1999.
DermatologyHandbook of Diseases of the Hair and Scalp
by Rodney D. Sinclair, Cedric C. Banfield, and Rodney P. R. Dawber, 240 pp, with illus, paper, $55, ISBN 0-86542-928-6, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 1999.
Emergency MedicinePepid '99 (Portable Emergency Physician Information Database)
edited by Mark Rosenbloom, one CD-ROM, for PCs, Macs, laptops, and WindowsCE palmtops, requirements: PC or Mac: 8MB available hard drive space; WindowsCE Palmtops: 8MB available RAM or 8MB or larger PC card; other Palmtops: 8MB PC card; Palm Pilot/Palm III: 3MB available RAM, documentation 16 pp manual, $295, 1 year PEPID updates via Internet $50; $75 on diskette, Evanston, Ill, PEPID, info@pepid.com, http://www.pepid.com, 1-888-321-STAT; 1999.
EndocrinologyInsulin Resistance, Metabolic Diseases, and Diabetic Complications
edited by Gaetano Crepaldi, Antonio Tiengo, and Stefano Del Prato (International Congress Series, No. 1177; symposium, Padova, Italy, Sept-Oct 1998), 276 pp, with illus, $139.50, ISBN 0-444-50022-7, New York, NY, Elsevier, 1999.
Thyroid Diseases
edited by Martin I. Surks (Atlas of Clinical Endocrinology, vol 1), 201 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 0-632-04397-0, Philadelphia, Pa, Current Medicine, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 1999.
Environmental HealthAir Pollution and Health
edited by Stephen T. Holgate, Jonathan M. Samet, Hillel S. Koren, and Robert L. Maynard, 1065 pp, with illus, $129.95, ISBN 0-12-352335-4, San Diego, Calif, Academic Press, 1999.
EthicsA Philosophical Disease: Bioethics, Culture, and Identity
by Carl Elliott (Reflective Bioethics), 188 pp, $75, ISBN 0-415-91939-8, paper, $19.99, ISBN 0-415-91940-1, New York, NY, Routledge, 1999.
GeriatricsInstructions for Geriatric Patients
by William A. Sodeman, Jr, 2nd ed, 427 pp, with illus, includes CD-ROM, paper, $45, ISBN 0-7216-7490-9, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
Legal Guide for Long-term Care Administrators
edited by Peter J. Buttaro and Emily L. H. Buttaro, 245 pp, paper, $59, ISBN 0-8342-1370-2, Gaithersburg, Md, Aspen Publishers, 1999.
Health SystemsHealth Information Management Manual
by Aspen Reference Group, 250+ pp, with illus, 3-ring loose leaf binder, includes CD-ROM for any IBM or compatible computer equipped with Microsoft Word for Windows 6.0 or higher, paper, $195, ISBN 0-8342-0944-6, Gaithersburg, Md, Aspen Publishers, 1999.
Measuring and Managing Health Care Quality: Procedures, Techniques, and Protocols, vols 1 & 2
by Norbert Goldfield, Michael Pine, and Joan Pine, 500+ pp, with illus, 3-ring loose leaf binder, $210, ISBN 0-8342-0265-4, Gaithersburg, Md, Aspen Publishers, 1999.
Special Populations in the Community: Advances in Reducing Health Disparities
edited by Juliann G. Sebastian and Angeline Bushy, 405 pp, with illus, paper, $37, ISBN 0-8342-1364-8, Gaithersburg, Md, Aspen Publishers, 1999.
The Well-Managed Healthcare Organization
by John R. Griffith, 4th ed, 703 pp, with illus, $72, ISBN 1-56793-102-2, Chicago, Ill, Health Administration Press, Washington, DC, Association of University Programs in Health Administration, 1999.
HistoryA Dictionary of the History of Medicine
by Anton Sebastian, 781 pp, with illus, $89, ISBN 1-85070-021-4, New York, NY, Parthenon Publishing Group, 1999.
Taming the Troublesome Child: American Families, Child Guidance, and the Limits of Psychiatric Authority
by Kathleen W. Jones, 310 pp, with illus, $47.50, ISBN 0-674-86811-0, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 1999.
ImagingBreast Ultrasound: A Systematic Approach to Technique and Image Interpretation
by Christof Sohn, Jens-U. Blohmer, and Ulrike M. Hamper, 174 pp, with illus, $59, ISBN 0-86577-722-5, New York, NY, Thieme, 1999.
Cardiac Radiology
by Stephen Wilmot Miller (The Requisites), 447 pp, with illus, $85, ISBN 0-7216-6264-1, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999.
MedicineCecil Review of General Internal Medicine
edited by J. Allen D. Cooper, Jr and Peter G. Pappas, 6th ed, 249 pp, with illus, paper, $33.60, ISBN 0-7216-6264-1, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1996.
Guide to Internal Medicine
edited by Douglas S. Paauw, Lisanne R. Burkholder, and Mary B. Migeon, 302 pp, with illus, paper, $29, ISBN 0-323-00921-2, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 1999 (for student clerkships).
Molecular BiologyPrion Biology and Diseases
edited by Stanley B. Prusiner (Cold Harbor Spring Monograph Series, No. 38), 794 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 0-87969-547-1, ISSN 0270-1847, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 1999.
NeurologyCNS Regeneration: Basic Science and Clinical Advances
edited by Mark H. Tuszynski and Jeffrey Kordower, 678 pp, with illus, $89.95, ISBN 0-12-705070-1, San Diego, Calif, Academic Press, 1999.
Encyclopaedia of Paediatric Neurology: Theory and Practice
edited by Christos P. Panteliadis and Basil T. Darras, 2nd ed, 968 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 0-86577-890-6, New York, NY, Thieme, 1999.
Management of Acute Stroke
edited by Ashfaq Shuaib and Larry B. Goldstein (Neurological Disease and Therapy, vol 48), 541 pp, with illus, $175, ISBN 0-8247-7092-7, New York, NY, Marcel Dekker, 1999.
NutritionThe Management of Eating Disorders and Obesity
edited by David J. Goldstein (Nutrition and Health), 367 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 0-89603-407-0, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 1999.
Obstetrics-GynecologyCaring for Women With Circumcision: A Technical Manual for Health Care Providers
by Nahid Toubia, 96 pp, with illus, paper, $17.95, ISBN 1-893136-01-9, RAINBO, 915 Broadway, Suite 1109, New York, NY, 10010, (212-477-3318; 212-477-4154 fax, http://www.rainbo.org; info@rainbo.org), 1999.
Clinical Obstetrical Ultrasound
by William J. Ott, 394 pp, with illus, includes CD-ROM, requirements: PC Pentium Processor, Windows 95 or higher, 12MB RAM, 5MB hard drive space, $159.95, ISBN 0-471-32927-4, New York, NY, Wiley-Liss, 1999.
Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation
by N. Toubia, one laminated full-color quick reference chart illustrating the most common types of FC/FGM and the steps of defibulation, $6.95, ISBN 1-893136-02-7, RAINBO, 915 Broadway, Suite 1109, New York, NY, 10010 (212-477-3318; 212-477-4154 fax, http://www.rainbo.org; info@rainbo.org), 1999.
OSCEs and MCQs in Obstetrics and Gynaecology: A Survival Guide
by Joan Pitkin, Rory O'Connor, and Chris Jenner, 404 pp, with illus, paper, $42, ISBN 0-7020-2199-7, New York, NY, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
PainHeadache and Facial Pain
by Franco Mongini, 292 pp, with illus, $99, ISBN 0-86577-852-3, New York, NY, Thieme, 1999.
Novel Aspects of Pain Management: Opiods and Beyond
edited by Jana Sawynok and Alan Cowan, 373 pp, with illus, $119.95, ISBN 0-471-18017-3, New York, NY, Wiley-Liss, 1999.
PathologyPocket Companion to Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease
by Stanley L. Robbins, Ramzi S. Cotran, Vinay Kumar, and Tucket Collins, 6th ed, 798 pp, with illus, paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-7216-7859-9, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders Co, 1999.
Pharmacology-TherapeuticsManaged Care Pharmacy Practice
edited by Robert P. Navarro, 656 pp, with illus, $49, ISBN 0-8342-1205-6, Gaithersburg, Md, Aspen Publishers, 1999.
PsychiatryCAMDEX-R: The Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly
by Martin Roth, Felicia A. Huppert, C. Q. Mountjoy, and Elizabeth Tym, one 3.5-in diskette, requirements: PC with any version of DOS or Windows, 2.5 MB hard, disk space, 1MB per 500 extra data records added, documentation 108 pp instructional manual and pictorial material for cognitive examination, $160, ISBN 0-521-46261-4, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders in Developmental Disabilities and Mental Retardation
edited by Nick Bouras, 464 pp, with illus, paper, $59.95, ISBN 0-521-64395-3, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
The Recognition and Management of Early Psychosis: A Preventive Approach
edited by Patrick D. McGorry and Henry J. Jackson, 495 pp, with illus, $90, ISBN 0-521-55383-0, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Public HealthCrossing the Border: Encounters Between Homeless People and Outreach Workers
by Michael Rowe, 193 pp, $45, ISBN 0-520-21831-0, paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-520-21883-3, Berkeley, Calif, University of California Press, 1999.
Preventing Student Violence: What Schools Can Do
edited by Kris Bosworth (Hot Topics Series), 321 pp, with illus, spiral-bound, $30, $25 for PDK member, Bloomington, Ind, Phi Delta Kappa International, 1999 (anthology).
The Society and Population Health Reader: Income Inequality and Health
edited by Ichiro Kawachi, Bruce P. Kennedy, and Richard G. Wilkinson, 512 pp, with illus, $40, ISBN 1-56584-526-9, paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-56584-571-4, New York, NY, New Press, 1999.
RehabilitationOvercoming Barriers: Theory and Practice in Disability
edited by one CD-ROM, requirements: 386 or later (486+ preferred), Windows 3.1+, 4MB RAM (8MB preferred), 10MB hard disk space, $120, ISBN 0-521-64827-0, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 1999.
SexThe Sexual Century
by Ethel Spector Person, 377 pp, $35, ISBN 0-300-07604-5, New Haven, Conn, Yale University Press, 1999.
SurgeryDunn's Surgical Diagnosis and Management: A Guide to General Surgical Care
by David C. Dunn and Nigel Rawlinson, 3rd ed, 711 pp, with illus, paper, $42.95, ISBN 0-86542-718-6, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 1999.
Keyhole Concept in Neurosurgery: With Endoscope-Assisted Microsurgery and Case Studies
by Axel Perneczky, Erik van Lindert, Wibke Müller-Forell, and Georg Fries, 262 pp, with illus, $199, ISBN 0-86577-709-8, New York, NY, Thieme, 1999.
UrologyIncontinence
edited by Malcolm Lucas, Simon Emery, and John Beynon, 305 pp, with illus, $139.95, ISBN 0-632-05003-9, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 1999.

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