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JAMA. 2004;292(11):. doi:10.1001/jama.292.11.1377-b.
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Alcohol and Drug DependenceAlcohol: No Ordinary Commodity—Research and Public Policy

by Thomas Babor, Raul Caetano, and Sally Casswell, et al, 290 pp, with illus, paper, $45.50, ISBN 0-19-263261-2, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2003.
Federal Drug Control: The Evolution of Policy and Practice
edited by Jonathon Erlen and Joseph F. Spillane, 228 pp, $49.95, ISBN 0-7890-1892-6, paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-7890-1892-6, Binghamton, NY, Pharmaceutical Products Press, 2004.
A Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse
by Gail Winger, James H. Woods, and Frederick G. Hofmann, 4th ed, 181 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-19-517279-5, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Clinical Laboratory MedicineBasic Skills in Interpreting Laboratory Data
edited by Mary Lee, 3rd ed, 705 pp, with illus, paper, $94, ISBN 1-58528-059-3, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2004.
Critical CareClinical Intensive Care and Acute Medicine
by Ken Hillman and Gillian Bishop, 2nd ed, 685 pp, with illus, paper, $80, ISBN 0-521-78980-X, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
DermatologyDermoscopy: The Essentials
by Robert Johr, H. Peter Soyer, Giuseppe Argenziano, Rainer Hofmann-Wellenhof, and Massimiliano Scalvenzi, 231 pp, with illus, paper, $59.95, ISBN 0-323-02896-9, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 2004.
EthicsDouble Standards in Medical Research in Developing Countries
by Ruth Macklin (Cambridge Law, Medicine,and Ethics), 280 pp, $75, ISBN 0-521-83388-4, paper, $34.99, ISBN 0-521-54170-0, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Golems Among Us: How a Jewish Legend Can Help Us Navigate the Biotech Century
by Byron L. Sherwin, 237 pp, $26, ISBN 1-56663-568-3, Chicago, Ill, Ivan R Dee, 2004.
GastroenterologyKirsner's Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
by R. Balfour Sartor and William J. Sandborn, 6th ed, 754 pp, with illus, $189, ISBN 0-7216-0001-8, Philadelphia, Pa, Saunders, 2004.
Health SystemsInsuring America's Health: Principles and Recommendations
by Mary Sue Coleman, Arthur L. Kellerman, Ronald M. Andersen, et al (Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance), 205 pp, with illus, paper, $27, ISBN 0-309-09105-5, paperback + PDF $29.50, PDF book $18.50, PDF chapters $3.80 each, Washington, DC, National Academies Press, full text available at http://www.nap.edu, 2004.
ImmunologyImmunologic Disorders in Infants and Children
edited by E. Richard Stiehm, Hans D. Ochs, and Jerry A. Winkelstein, 5th ed, 1512 pp, with illus, ISBN 0-7216-8964-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Saunders, 2004.
Immunology
by P. Lydgard, A. Whelan, and M. W. Fanger, 2nd ed (Instant Notes), 332 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-85996-039-1, New York, NY, BIOS Scientific Publishers, 2004.
Infectious DiseaseTuberculosis: The Microbe Host Interface
edited by Larry S. Schlesinger and Lucy E. Desjardin, 281 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 0-9545232-1-0, Wymondham, Norfolk, UK, Horizon Bioscience, New York, NY, BIOS Scientific Publishers, 2004.
MedicineAntithrombotic Therapy
by Richard C. Becker, Dan J. Fintel, and David Green, 3rd ed, 400 pp, with illus, soft cover, $29.95, ISBN 1-884735-91-6, West Islip, NY, Professional Communications, 2004.
Hypertension Management for the Primary Care Clinician
by Alan H. Mutnick, Tina M. Hisel, Jacqueline D. Joss, and Beth Bryles Phillips, 168 pp, paper, $75, ISBN 1-58528-052-6, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2004.
Osteoporosis
by Michael T. McDermott, Carol Zapalowski, and Paul D. Miller (Hot Topics), 168 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-56053-628-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Hanley & Belfus, 2004.
Principles of Medicine in Africa
edited by Eldryd Parry, Richard Godfrey, David Mabey, and Geoffrey Gill, 3rd ed, 1442 pp, with illus, $200, ISBN 0-521-80616-X, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
MiscellaneousCells, Aging, and Human Disease
by Michael B. Fossel, 489 pp, with illus, $69.95, ISBN 0-19-514035-4, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2004.
The Physician Assistant Medical Handbook
by James Brox Labus, 2nd ed, 1105 pp, with illus, paper, $49.95, ISBN 0-7216-9786-0, Philadelphia, Pa, Saunders, 2004.
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Development and Manifestations
by Joyce Whittington and Tony Holland, 220 pp, with illus, $100, ISBN 0-521-84029-5, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
The Senescence-Accelerated Mouse (SAM): An Animal Model of Senescence
edited by Yasuyuki Nomura, Toshio Takeda, and Yasunobu Okuma (International Congress Series 1260, July 2003, Sapporo, Japan), 448 pp, $156, ISBN 0-444-51413-9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Elsevier, 2004.
NephrologyNephrology Subspecialty Consult
edited by Irfan A. Agha and Gopa Bhattacharyya Green (The Washington Manual Subspecialty Consult Series), 292 pp, paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-7817-4377-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
NeurologyHandbook of Neurocritical Care
edited by Anish Bhardwaj, Mark A. Mirski, and John A. Ulatowski (Current Clinical Neurology), includes eBook/PDA on CD-ROM, 337 pp, with illus, $99.50, ISBN 1-588-29-273-8, paper, $59.50, ISBN 1-588-29-078-6, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2004.
Obstetrics-GynecologyObstetrics and Gynecology
by Mark Morgan and Sam Siddighi, 5th ed (National Medical Series for Independent Study), includes CD-ROM, 498 pp, with illus, paper, $36.95, ISBN 0-7817-2679-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
PainPain Management for Primary Care Clinicians
edited by Arthur G. Lipman, 372 pp, with illus, $70, ISBN 1-58528-102-6, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2004.
PathologyEmbryo and Fetal Pathology: Color Atlas With Ultrasound Correlation
by Enid Gilbert-Barness and Diane Debich-Spicer, 711 pp, with illus, $285, ISBN 0-521-82529-6, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Neuropathology: A Reference Text of CNS Pathology
by David Ellison, Seth Love, Leila Chimelli, Brian N. Harding, James Lowe, and Harry V. Vinters, 2nd ed, includes CD-ROM, 776 pp, with illus, $365, ISBN 0-7234-3239-2, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 2004.
Pharmacology-TherapeuticsAHFS Drug Information Dosing Companion
by Marianne Billeter and Bernie R. Olin, 343 pp, paper, $10, ISBN 1-58528-028-3, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2004.
AHFS Drug Information Essentials 2004-05
edited by Gerald K. McEvoy, 1520 pp, paper, $79, ISBN 1-58528-103-4, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2004.
Preparing to Meet Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals
by Charles P. Coe and John P. Uselton, 144 pp, paper, $38, ISBN 1-58528-109-3, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2004.
Statins: The HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors in Perspective
edited by Allan Gas, Christopher J. Packard, and James Shepherd, 2nd ed, 262 pp, with illus, $99.95, ISBN 1-84184-292-3, New York, NY, Martin Dunitz, 2004.
Primary CareStatins: Understanding Clinical Use
edited by Jawahar L. Mehta, 334 pp, with illus, paper, $39.95, ISBN 0-7216-0380-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Saunders, 2004.
RehabilitationEasy EMG: A Guide to Performing Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
by Lyn Weiss, Julie K. Silver, and Jay Weiss, 271 pp, with illus, paper, $34.95, ISBN 0-7506-7431-8, Philadelphia, Pa, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.
SurgeryAppleton & Lange Review for the Surgical Technology Examination
by Nancy M. Allmers and Joan Ann Verderame, 5th ed, 242 pp, paper, $44.95, ISBN 0-07-138550-9, New York, NY, Appleton & Lange Reviews/McGraw-Hill, 2004.
Laparoscopic Surgery: Principles and Procedures
edited by Daniel B. Jones, Justin S. Wu, and Nathaniel J. Soper, 2nd ed, 595 pp, with illus, $165, ISBN 0-8247-4622-8, New York, NY, Marcel Dekker, 2004.
Peripheral Nerve Lesions: Nerve Surgery and Secondary Reconstructive Repair
by Götz Penkert and Hisham Fansa, 190 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 3-540-44394-0, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2004.
UrologyManagement of Prostate Cancer
edited by Eric A. Klein, 2nd ed (Current Clinical Urology), includes eBook/PDA on CD-ROM, 667 pp, with illus, $165, ISBN 1-588-29-304-1, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2004.

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