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Alternative Medicine, Ethics

JAMA. 2002;288(13):1655-1656. doi:10.1001/jama.288.13.1655.
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Alternative and Complementary MedicineChinese Medicine in Contemporary China: Plurality and Synthesis

by Volker Scheid, 407 pp, $69.95, ISBN 0-8223-2857-7, paper, $23.95, ISBN 0-8223-2872-0, Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2002.
Biography, MemoirCandid Science II: Conversations with Famous Biomedical Scientists
by István Hargittai, 604 pp, with illus, paper, $38, ISBN 1-86094-288-1, London, England, Imperial College Press, 2002 (36 interviews).
Demon Doctors: Physicians as Serial Killers
by Kenneth V. Iserson, 441 pp, with illus, paper, $28.95, ISBN 1-883620-29-5, Tucson, Ariz, Galen Press, 2002.
BiologyEvolving Health: The Origins of Illness and How the Modern World Is Making Us Sick
by Noel T. Boaz, 250 pp, $27.95, ISBN 0-471-35261-6, New York, NY, John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Making Sense of Life: Explaining Biological Development with Models, Metaphors, and Machines
by Evelyn Fox Keller, 388 pp, $29.95, ISBN 0-674-00746-8, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2002.
Man, Beast, and Zombie: What Science Can and Cannot Tell Us About Human Nature
by Kenan Malik, 470 pp, $30, ISBN 0-8135-3122-5, New Brunswick, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 2002.
CancerAJCC Cancer Staging Handbook
edited by Frederick L. Greene, David L. Page, Irvin D. Fleming, April G. Fritz, Charles M. Balch, Daniel G. Haller, and Monica Morrow, 6th ed, 469 pp, with illus, paper, $39.95, ISBN 0-387-95270-5, New York, Springer-Verlag, 2002.
Colorectal Cancer: Multimodality Management
edited by Leonard B. Saltz, 854 pp, with illus, $195, ISBN 0-896-03935-8, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2002.
Critical CareCritical Care Medicine: Perioperative Management
edited by Michael J. Murray, Douglas B. Coursin, Ronald G. Pearl, and Donald S. Prough, 2nd ed, 925 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 0-7817-2968-8, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.
DermatologyCosmetic Dermatology: Principles and Practice
by Leslie Baumann, 226 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 0-07-136281-9, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Psoriasis
by Catherine Smith, Jonathan Barker, and Alan Menter, 64 pp, with illus, paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-899541-98-5, Oxford, England, Health Press, 2002.
Emergency MedicineConflict and Catastrophe Medicine: A Practical Guide
edited by James Ryan, Peter F. Mahoney, Ian Greaves, and Gavin Bowyer, 409 pp, $129, ISBN 1-85233-347-2, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2002.
Handbook of Urgent Care Medicine
by Michelle H. Biros, Steve Sterner, and E. Corradin Vogel, 2nd ed, 447 pp, paper, $45, ISBN 1-56053-448-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Hanley & Belfus, 2002.
Gender, SexualityGender, Health and Healing: The Public/Private Divide
edited by Gillian Bendelow, Mick Carpenter, Caroline Vautier, and Simon Williams, 292 pp, $90, ISBN 0-415-23573-1, paper, $28.95, ISBN 0-415-23574-X, London, England, Routledge, 2002.
Homosexuality in French History and Culture
edited by Jeffrey Merrick and Michael Sibalis, 293 pp, $59.95, ISBN 1-56023-262-5, paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-56023-263-3, Binghamton, NY, Harrington Park Press, 2002.
Sex Workers as Virtual Boyfriends
by Joseph Itiel, 146 pp, $29.95, ISBN 1-56023-190-4, paper, $14.95, ISBN 1-56023-191-2, Binghamton, NY, Harrington Park Press, 2002.
GeneticsConnective Tissue and Its Heritable Disorders: Molecular, Genetic, and Medical Aspects
edited by Peter M. Royce and Beat Steinmann, 2nd ed, 1201 pp, with illus, $350, ISBN 0-471-25185-2, New York, NY, Wiley-Liss, 2002.
HistoryDoctors and Reformers: Discussion and Debate Over Health Policy, 1925-1950
by Jonathan Engel (Social Problems and Social Issues), 407 pp, paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-57003-411-7, Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press, 2002.
The Nobel Chronicles: A Handbook of Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine 1901-2000
by Tonse N. K. Raju, 508 pp, with illus, paper, $17, electronic book $5.95, ISBN 0-7596-5904-4, Bloomington, Ind, 1stBooks Library, http://www.1stbooks.com, 2002.
HIVManagement of the HIV-Infected Patient
edited by Suzanne Crowe, Jennifer Hoy, and John Mills, 2nd ed, 630 pp, with illus, $95, ISBN 1-901865-28-2, London, England, Martin Dunitz, 2002.
ImagingMosby's Comprehensive Review of Radiography: The Complete Study Guide and Career Planner
by William J. Callaway, includes CD-ROM, 287 pp, with illus, paper, $39.95, ISBN 0-323-018394-6, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 2002.
Practical FDG Imaging: A Teaching File
edited by Dominique Delbeke, William H. Martin, James A. Patton, and Martin P. Sandler, 398 pp, with illus, $129, ISBN 0-387-95292-6, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2002.
LawLaw, Medicine, and Medical Technology
by Lars Noah and Barbara A. Noah (University Casebook Series), 1153 pp, $60, ISBN 1-58778-169-7, New York, NY, Foundation Press, 2002.
MedicineMedical Consultation Pearls
by Donna L. Mercado and Gerald W. Smetana, 227 pp, with illus, paper, $45, ISBN 1-56053-504-0, Philadelphia, Pa, Hanley & Belfus, 2002.
MiscellaneousBuilding and Implementing Physician Practice Web Sites
by Michael A. Rothschild, 133 pp, with illus, paper, $50, ISBN 1-57947-155-2, Chicago, Ill, AMA Press, 2001.
Computational Intelligence Processing in Medical Diagnosis
edited by Manfred Schmitt, Horia-Nicolai Teodorescu, Ashlesha Jain, Ajita Jain, Sandyha Jain, and Lakhmi C. Jain (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing), 496 pp, with illus, $121, ISBN 3-7908-1463-6, Boston, Mass, Physica-Verlag, 2002.
Ten Years of Medicine and the Arts: 100 Selections From Academic Medicine 1991-2001
edited by Lisa R. Dittrich, 226 pp, with illus, paper, gratis (except for shipping and handling; quantity limited), ISBN 1-57754-020-4, Washington, DC, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2001 (anthology).
Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing
by Margaret Livingstone, 208 pp, with illus, $45, ISBN 0-8109-0406-3, New York, NY, Abrams, 2002.
NeurologyConcise Guide to Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology
by Jeffrey L. Cummings and Michael R. Trimble, 2nd ed, 275 pp, with illus, 29.95, paper, ISBN 1-58562-078-5, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2002.
Epilepsy Surgery: Case Studies and Commentaries
by Kost Elisevich and Brien J. Smith, 264 pp, with illus, $120, ISBN 0-7817-1727-2, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.
Neuromuscular Disorders
edited by Rahman Pourmand and Yadollah Harati (Advances in Neurology, vol 88), 349 pp, with illus, $169, ISBN 0-7817-3145-3, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
Vascular Cognitive Impairment
edited by Timo Erkinjuntti and Serge Gauthier, 660 pp, with illus, $115, ISBN 1-85317-939-6, London, England, Martin Dunitz, 2002.
Obstetrics-GynecologyAn Atlas of Endometriosis
by Caroline Overton, Colin Davis, Lindsay McMillan, and Robert W. Shaw, 2nd ed (Encyclopedia of Visual Medicine Series), 96 pp, with illus, $87.95, ISBN 1-84214-022-1, Boca Raton, Fla, Parthenon Publishing, 2002.
The Farmer and the Obstetrician
by Michel Odent, 159 pp, $19, ISBN 1-85343-565-1, London, England, Free Association Books, 2002 (on the affinities between and industrialization of farming and childbirth).
Managing Contraceptive Pill Patients
by Richard P. Dickey, 11th ed, 251 pp, paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-917634-14-4, Dallas, Tex, EMIS Medical Publishers, 2002.
PhysiologyExercise and Stress Response: The Role of Stress Proteins
edited by Marius Locke and Earl G. Noble (CRC Series in Exercise Physiology), 226 pp, $99.95, ISBN 0-8493-0458-X, Boca Raton, Fla, CRC Press, 2002.
PsychiatryAggression and Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents: Research and Treatment
by Daniel F. Connor, 480 pp, $50, ISBN 1-57230-738-2, New York, NY, Guilford Press, 2002.
And Words Can Hurt Forever: How to Protect Adolescents, From Bullying, Harassment, and Emotional Violence
by James Garbarino and Ellen deLara, 256 pp, paper, $25, ISBN 0-7432-2898-7, New York, NY, Free Press, 2002.
Anxiety Disorders: Pathophysiology and Pharmacological Treatment
edited by Gérard Emilien, Cécile Durlach, Ulla Lepola, and Timothy Dinan, 298 pp, $109, ISBN 3-7643-6702-4, Boston, Mass, Birkhäuser Verlag, 2002.
Concise Guide to Managing Behavioral Health Care Within a Managed Care Environment
by Michael Isaiah Bennett, 80 pp, with illus, paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-88048-738-0, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2002.
Helping Children With Aggression and Conduct Problems: Best Practices for Intervention
by Michael L. Bloomquist and Steven V. Schnell, 418 pp, $45, ISBN 1-57230-748-X, New York, NY, Guilford Press, 2002.
SurgeryCurrent Issues in Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation
edited by M. Kitajima, M. Shimazu, G. Wakabayashi, K. Hoshino, M. Tanabe, and S. Kawachi (Keio University International Symposia for Life Sciences, vol 9, 2001), 186 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 4-431-70332-2, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2002.
Key Topics in General Surgery
by C. R. Lattimer, N. M. Wilson, and N. R. F. Lagattolla, 2nd ed, 372 pp, paper, $49.95, ISBN 1-85996-164-9, Oxford, England, BIOS, 2002.
Pancreas and Islet Transplantation
edited by Nadey Hakim, Robert Stratta, and Derek Gray, 378 pp, with illus, $125, £75, ISBN 0-19-263255-8, Oxford, England, Oxford University Press, 2002.
Thoracic Surgery
edited by F. Griffith Pearson, Joel D. Cooper, Jean Deslauriers, Robert J. Ginsberg, Clement A. Hiebert, G. Alexander Patterson, and Harold C. Urschel, Jr, 2nd ed, 1968 pp, with illus, $249, ISBN 0-443-07595-6, New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 2002.
Understanding Craniofacial Anomalies: The Etiopathogenesis of Craniosynostoses and Facial Clefting
edited by Mark P. Mooney and Michael I. Siegel, 583 pp, with illus, $159, ISBN 0-471-38724-X, New York, NY, Wiley-Liss, 2002.

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