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JAMA. 2003;290(6):. doi:10.1001/jama.290.6.827.
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Anesthesiology"This Is No Humbug!" Reminiscences of the Department of Anesthesia at the Massachusetts General Hospital: A History

edited by Richard J. Kitz, 459 pp, with illus, $60, ISBN 0-9715376-0-7, Boston, Mass, Massachusetts General Hospital Anesthesia and Critical Care, http://www.bookmasters.com, distributor, 2003.
EducationLearning Medicine
by Peter Richards and Simon Stockill, cartoon illustrations by Larry, 16th ed, 149 pp, paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-7279-1712-9, London, England, BMJ Books, 2003.
Mediquiz I
by V. K. Kapoor and Lily Kapoor, 118 pp, paper, Rs. 50, ISBN 81-291-0012-6, Rupa & Co, 7/16 Ansari Road Darya Ganj, New Delhi 110002, India, rupa@ndb.vsnl.net.in, 2002.
Mediquiz II
by V. K. Kapoor and Lily Kapoor, 107 pp, paper, Rs. 50, ISBN 81-291-0013-4, Rupa & Co, 7/16, Ansari Road Daryaganj, New Delhi 110002, India, rupa@ndb.vsnl.net.in, 2002.
Quality and Accountability in Higher Education: Improving Policy, Enhancing Performance
by E. Grady Bogue and Kimberely Bingham Hall, 269 pp, $64.95, ISBN 0-89789-883-4, Westport, Conn, Praeger, 2003.
EndocrinologyEarly Diagnosis and Treatment of Endocrine Disorders
edited by Robert S. Bar (Contemporary Endocrinology), 369 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 1-58829-193-6, e-book $110, ISBN 1-59259-378-X, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2003.
The Year in Diabetes 2003
edited by Ramón Gomis and Simon Page, 357 pp, with illus, $89.95, ISBN 1-904392-02-4, Oxford, England, Clinical Publishing Services, Boca Raton, Fla, CRC Press, 2003.
HematologyABC of Clinical Haematology
edited by Drew Provan, 2nd ed, 75 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-7279-1676-9, London, England, BMJ Books, 2003.
HistoryCold Wars: The Fight Against the Common Cold
by David Tyrrell and Michael Fielder, 253 pp, with illus, $24.95, ISBN 0-19-263285-X, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2002 (account of the Common Cold Unit, Salisbury, England, and other investigations, written by its long-time research program director).
The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox
by Jennifer Lee Carrell, 451 pp, $24.95, ISBN 0-525-94736-1, New York, NY, Dutton, 2003 (on Lady Mary Wortley Montague and Dr Zabdiel Boylston).
War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race
by Edwin Black, 518 pp, $26, ISBN 1-56858-258-7, New York, NY, Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003.
MiscellaneousDick Swept, M.D.: Tomorrow, the World
by David B. Rosenfield, 398 pp, $33, ISBN 1-4010-4206-6, paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-4010-4205-8, e-book $8, ISBN 1-4010-4207-4, Xlibris, http://www.Xlibris.com, 2002 (memory-drug international espionage thriller).
Imagination and the Meaningful Brain
by Arnold H. Modell, 253 pp, $32.95, ISBN 0-262-13425-X, Cambridge, Mass, A Bradford Book/MIT Press, 2003.
The New Medical Conversation: Media, Patients, Doctors, and the Ethics of Scientific Communication
by Dennis J. Mazur, 187 pp, $72, ISBN 0-7425-2028-5, paper, $27.95, ISBN 0-7425-2029-3, Lanham, Md, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003.
OrthopedicsDaniel's Knee Injuries: Ligament and Cartilage Structure, Function, Injury, and Repair
edited by Robert A. Pedowitz, John J. O'Connor, and Wayne H. Akeson, 2nd ed, includes CD-ROM, 636 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 0-7817-1817-1, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
PediatricsSaint-Frances Guide to Pediatrics
by Darren S. Migita and Dimitri A. Christakis, 736 pp, with illus, soft cover, $23.95, ISBN 0-7817-2146-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
Weiner & Levitt's Pediatric Neurology
by Michael E. Cohen and Patricia K. Duffner, 4th ed (House Officer Series), 346 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-7817-2931-9, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
Pharmacology-TherapeuticsHandbook of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
edited by Jay P. Rho and Stan G. Louie, 191 pp, $59.95, ISBN 0-7890-0152-7, paper, $34.95, ISBN 0-7890-1635-4, New York, NY, Pharmaceutical Products Press, 2003.
Primary CareThe Washington Manual of Ambulatory Therapeutics for PDA
by Tammy L. Lin and Scott W. Rypkema (LWWMobile Medicine), one CD-ROM, requires 20 MB free space, PC compatible, Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP or Macintosh OS 7, $49.95, ISBN 0-7817-3866-0, also available online, ISBN 0-7817-3961-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
PsychiatryAutism Spectrum Disorders: A Research Review for Practitioners
edited by Sally Ozonoff, Sally J. Rogers, and Robert L. Hendren, 275 pp, paper, $33, ISBN 1-58562-119-6, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2003.
Feeding Anorexia: Gender and Power at a Treatment Center
by Helen Gremillion (Body, Commodity, Text), 269 pp, $59.95, ISBN 0-8223-3133-0, paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8223-3120-9, Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2003 (ethnography based on 1993-1994 field work in an inpatient unit).
Geriatric Psychiatry
edited by Alan M. Mellow (Review of Psychiatry, vol 22, No. 4), 212 pp, paper, $31.95, ISBN 1-58562-116-1, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2003.
Handbook of the Dually Diagnosed Patient: Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders
by Sylvia J. Dennison, 212 pp, paper, $39.95, ISBN 0-7817-3475-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
Leaving You: The Cultural Meaning of Suicide
by Lisa Lieberman, 175 pp, $24.95, ISBN 1-56663-496-2, Chicago, Ill, Ivan R Dee, 2003.
Manual of Psychiatric Therapeutics
edited by Richard I. Shader, 3rd ed, 516 pp, $39.95, ISBN 0-7817-2470-8, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
Molecular Neurobiology for the Clinician
edited by Dennis S. Charney (Review of Psychiatry, vol 22, No. 3), 250 pp, with illus, paper, $31.95, ISBN 1-58562-113-7, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2003.
Psychotherapy With Gay Men and Lesbians: Contemporary Dynamic Approaches
by Jack Drescher, Ann D'Ercole, and Erica Schoenberg, 257 pp, $49.95, ISBN 1-56023-397-4, paper, $24.95, ISBN 1-56023-398-2, New York, NY, Harrington Park Press, 2003.
Public HealthBasics of International Humanitarian Missions
edited by Kevin M. Cahill (International Humanitarian Affairs), 350 pp, with illus, $37, ISBN 0-8232-2242-X, paper, $20, ISBN 0-8232-2243-8, Fordham University Press, New York, NY, Center for International Health and Cooperation, 2003.
Emergency Relief Operations
edited by Kevin M. Cahill (International Humanitarian Affairs), 386 pp, with illus, $37, ISBN 0-8232-2239-X, paper, $20, ISBN 0-8232-2240-3, Fordam University Press, New York, NY, Center for International Health and Cooperation, 2003.
Health and Welfare for Families in the 21st Century
edited by Helen M. Wallace, Gordon Green, and Kenneth J. Jaros, 2nd ed, 586 pp, with illus, paper, $64.95, ISBN 0-7637-1859-9, Sudbury, Mass, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2003.
People and Issues in Tobacco Control: 124 Cyber-Interviews, 1991, 2000, 2001
edited by Philippe Boucher, 401 pp, paper, $22, ISBN 1-58898-573-1, Bainbridge Island, Wash, Oak Press, 2002.
Standards for Health Services in Correctional Institutions
developed by the American Public Health Association Task Force on Correctional Health Care Standards, 160 pp, paper, $37.95, $26.50 members, ISBN 0-87553-029-X, Washington, DC, American Public Health Association, 2003.
ReproductionAn Atlas of Human Blastocysts
by Lucinda L. Veeck and Nikica Zaninoviæ (Encyclopedia of Visual Medicine Series), 286 pp, with illus, $149.95, ISBN 1-84214-169-4, New York, NY, Parthenon Publishing Group, 2003.
A Color Atlas for Human Assisted Reproduction: Laboratory and Clinical Insights
edited by Pasquale Patrizio, Michael J. Tucker, and Vanessa Guelman, 319 pp, with illus, $210, ISBN 0-7817-3769-9, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.
The Manner Born: Birth Rites in Cross-Cultural Perspective
edited by Lauren Dundes, 237 pp, $75, ISBN 0-7591-0264-3, paper, $27.95, ISBN 0-7591-0265-1, Walnut Creek, Calif, Altamira Press, 2003.
UrologyProstate and Renal Cancer, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Erectile Dysfunction and Basic Research: An Update
edited by Ch. H. Bangma and D. W. W. Newling (VII Congress on Progress and Controversies in Oncological Urology—PACIOU VII, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Oct 2002), 444 pp, with illus, $99.95, ISBN 1-84214-196-1, New York, NY, Parthenon Publishing Group, 2003.
Women's HealthNo More Periods? The Risks of Menstrual Suppression and Other Cutting-Edge Issues About Hormones and Women's Health
by Susan Rako, 191 pp, $21, ISBN 1-4000-4503-7, New York, NY, Harmony Books, 2003.
Violence Against Women: A Physician's Guide to Identification and Management
edited by Jane M. Liebschutz, Susan M. Frayne, and Glenn N. Saxe (ACP Women's Health Series), 342 pp, paper, $38, ISBN 1-930513-11-9, Philadelphia, Pa, American College of Physicians, 2003.
Worlds of Health: Exploring the Health Choices of British Asian Mothers
by Kate Reed, 191 pp, $63.95, ISBN 0-89789-914-8, Westport, Conn, Praeger, 2003.

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