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JAMA. 2001;286(15):1904-1905. doi:10.1001/jama.286.15.1904.
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Alternative and Complementary MedicineHolistics

by P. J. Cusins, 94 pp, paper, £9.95, ISBN 0-9540360-0-X, Orkney Isles, Scotland, CandleFlame Books, 2001.
The True Path: Western Science and the Quest for Yoga
by Roy J. Mathew, 290 pp, with illus, $25, ISBN 0-7382-0458-7, Cambridge, Mass, Perseus Publishing, 2001.
Biography, MemoirBeethoven in Person: His Deafness, Illnesses, and Death
by Peter J. Davies, 271 pp, with illus, $69.95, ISBN 0-818-81587-6, Westport, Conn, Greenwood Press, 2001.
CancerBreast Cancer: A Practical Guide
by Orlando E. Silva and Stefano Zurrida, 518 pp, paper, $49.95, ISBN 0-444-50565-2, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Elsevier Science, 2000.
Clinical Oncology: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Physicians and Students
edited by Philip Rubin, 8th ed, 990 pp, with illus, free CD-ROM offer included, paper, $59.95, ISBN 0-7216-7496-8, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders, 2001.
Ovarian Cancer
edited by Stephen C. Rubin and Gregory P. Sutton, 2nd ed, 464 pp, with illus, $129, ISBN 0-7817-2408-2, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
DermatologyToxicology of Skin
edited by Howard I. Maibach (Target Organ Toxicology Series), 558 pp, $80, ISBN 1-56032-802-9, Andover, Hampshire, United Kingdom, Taylor & Franics, 2001.
Emergency MedicineForensic Emergency Medicine
edited by Jonathan S. Olshaker, M. Christine Jackson, and William S. Smock, 299 pp, with illus, $99, ISBN 0-7817-3144-5, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
EthicsHuman Tissue and Biological Samples for Use in Research: Operational and Ethical Guidelines
36 pp, paper, London, England, Medical Research Council, 2001 (http://www.mrc.ac.uk/PDFs/Tissue%20Guidelines_final.pdf).
Health SystemsHealth Networks: Can They Be the Solution?
by Thomas P. Weil, 368 pp, $47.50, ISBN 0-472-11193-0, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2001.
Medical Care Output and Productivity
edited by David M. Cutler and Ernst R. Berndt (National Bureau of Economic Research, Studies in Income and Wealth, vol 62, conference, Bethesda, Md, June 1998), 611 pp, $80, ISBN 0-226-13226-9, Chicago, Ill, University of Chicago Press, 2001.
Mergers of Teaching Hospitals in Boston, New York, and Northern California
by John A. Kastor, 487 pp, $59.50, ISBN 0-472-11196-5, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2001.
HistoryImperial Medicine: Patrick Manson and the Conquest of Tropical Disease
by Douglas M. Haynes, 229 pp, with illus, $37.50, ISBN 0-8122-3598-3, Philadelphia, Pa, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001.
No One Ailing Except a Physician: Medicine in the Mining West, 1848-1919
by Duane A. Smith and Ronald C. Brown, 160 pp, with illus, $50, ISBN 0-87081-611-X, Boulder, University Press of Colorado, 2001.
Infectious DiseaseFirepower in the Lab: Automation in the Fight Against Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism
edited by Scott P. Layne, Tony J. Beugelsdijk, and C. Kumar N. Patel (symposium, National Academy of Science, Washington, DC, April 1999), 299 pp, $69.95, ISBN 0-309-06849-5, Washington, DC, Joseph Henry Press, 2001.
MedicineThe Biology of Disease
edited by Jonathan Phillips, Paul Murray, and Paul Kirk, 2nd ed, 323 pp, with illus, paper, $39.95, ISBN 0-632-05404-2, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 2001 (introductory basic science text).
"Chest Pain"→
edited by J. Willis Hurst and Douglas C. Morris, 514 pp, $79, ISBN 0-87993-482-4, Armonk, NY, Futura Publishing, 2001.
The Relationship of Adverse Childhood Experiences to Health Status in Adult Life
Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, one videocassette, 47 min, gratis, San Diego, Calif, Kaiser Permanente, 2001 (available from: Vincent J. Felitti, MD, Kaiser Permanente, 7060 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, San Diego, CA 92111; vincent.j.felitti-md@kp.org.)
NeonatologyThe Infant's World
by Philippe Rochat (The Developing Child), 262 pp, with illus, $29.95, ISBN 0-674-00322-5, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2001.
NeurologyAtlas of Epileptic Seizure and Syndromes
by Hans O. Lüders and Soheyl Noachtar, 204 pp, with illus, includes CD-ROM with "video segments of [28] patients undergoing epileptic seizures," $89, ISBN 0-7216-6946-8, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders, 2001.
Channelopathies of the Nervous System
by Michael Rose and Robert C. Griggs, 347 pp, with illus, $95, ISBN 0-7506-4507-5, Boston, Mass, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.
Clinical Cases in Neurology
edited by A. H. V. Schapira and L. P. Rowland, 261 pp, with illus, paper, $45, ISBN 0-7506-4304-8, Boston, Mass, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.
The Effective Clinical Neurologist
by Louis Caplan and Joshua Hollander, 2nd ed, 305 pp, with illus, paper, $49.95, ISBN 0-7506-7226-9, Boston, Mass, Butterwoth-Heinemann, 2001.
The Forgetting Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic
by David Shenk, 283 pp, $24.95, ISBN 0-385-79837-3, New York, NY, Doubleday, 2001.
Neurobehavioral Anatomy
by Christopher M. Filley, 2nd ed, 227 pp, $57.50, ISBN 0-87081-619-5, paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-87081-620-9, Boulder, University Press of Colorado, 2001.
Obstetrics-GynecologyComprehensive Gynecology
by Morton A. Stenchever, William Droegemueller, Arthur L. Herbst, and Daniel R. Mishell, Jr, 4th ed, 1325 pp, with illus, $129, ISBN 0-323-01402-X, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 2001.
High-Yield Obstetrics and Gynecology
by Elmar P. Sakala, 184 pp, paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-7817-2394-9, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
Obstetrics and Gynecology at a Glance
by Errol R. Norwitz and John O. Schorge, 144 pp, with illus, paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-632-04341-5, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Science, 2001.
OtolaryngologyExpert Guide to Otolaryngology
edited by Karen H. Calhoun, 707 pp, with illus, paper, $45, ISBN 0-943126-99-1, Philadelphia, Pa, American College of Physicians, 2001.
PediatricsAssessment of Skeletal Maturity and Prediction of Adult Height (TW3 Method)
by J. M. Tanner and N. Cameron, 3rd ed, 110 pp, with illus, includes CD-ROM with growth height prediction program, $135, ISBN 0-7020-2511-9, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders, 2001.
Instrucciones para Pacientes de Pediatría (Instructions for Pediatric Patients)
by Barton D. Schmitt, translated by Daisy Alas-Robinson, 2nd ed, 270 pp, paper, $39.95, ISBN 0-7216-9034-3, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders, 2001.
On Call Pediatrics
by David A. Lewis and James J. Nocton, 2nd ed, 431 pp, paper, $26, ISBN 0-7216-9223-0, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders, 2001.
Primary CareThe 5-Minute Patient Advisor
by Mark R. Dambro, 555 pp, paper, $49.95, ISBN 0-7817-3067-8, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
Keystone III: The Role of Family Practice in a Changing Health Care Environment: A Dialogue
edited by Larry A. Green, Robert Graham, John J. Frey, and G. Gayle Stephens (Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care, symposium, Colorado Springs, Colo, October 2000), 341 pp, paper, $20, ISBN 0-9707772-2-1, Washington, DC, The Robert Graham Center, American Academy of Family Physicians, 2001.
PsychiatryAt the Side of Torture Survivors: Treating a Terrible Assault on Human Dignity
edited by Sepp Graessner, Norbert Gurris, and Christian Pross, translated by Jeremiah Michael Riemer, 241 pp, $46.50, ISBN 0-8018-6627-8, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Out of the Darkness: Contemporary Perspectives on Family Violence
edited by Glenda Kaufman Kantor and Jana L. Jasinski (symposium, Durham, NH), 332 pp, $86.95, ISBN 0-7619-0775-0, paper, $48, ISBN 0-7619-0776-9, Thousand Oaks, Calif, Sage Publications, 1997.
ReferenceText Therapeutics for Physicians and Scientists
by Judy McIntosh, 88 pp, paper, $21, ISBN 0-7923-6901-7, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001 (for nonnative English speakers).
RheumatologyOsteoarthritis: Diagnosis and Medical/Surgical Management
by Roland W. Moskowitz, David S. Howell, Roy D. Altman, Joseph A. Buckwalter, and Victor M. Goldberg, 3rd ed, 674 pp, with illus, $189, ISBN 0-7216-8439-4, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders, 2001.
SurgeryKidney Transplantation: Principles and Practice
by Peter J. Morris, 5th ed, 750 pp, with illus, $199, ISBN 0-7216-8297-9, Philadelphia, Pa, WB Saunders, 2001.

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