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JAMA. 2005;293(10):1267-1272. doi:10.1001/jama.293.10.1271-b.
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Alternative and Complementary MedicineAlternative Medicine and Miracles: A Grand Unified Theory

by Reginald O. Crosley, 261 pp, $59.95, ISBN 0-7618-2892-3, paper, $32, ISBN 0-7618-2893-1, Lanham, Md, University Press of America, 2004.
Natural Standard Herb and Supplement Handbook: The Clinical Bottom Line
by Ethan M. Basch and Catherine E. Ulbricht, 963 pp, soft cover, $38.95, ISBN 0-323-02993-0, St Louis, Mo, Elsevier Mosby, 2005.
Natural Standard Herb and Supplement Reference: Evidence-Based Clinical Reviews
edited by Catherine E. Ulbricht and Ethan M. Basch, 1012 pp, $129, ISBN 0-323-02994-9, St Louis, Mo, Elsevier Mosby, 2005.
The Scientific Basis of Integrative Medicine
by Leonard A. Wisneski and Lucy Anderson, 279 pp, with illus, $89.95, ISBN 0-8493-2081-X, Boca Raton, Fla, CRC Press, 2005.
AnatomyHuman Osteology and Skeletal Radiology: An Atlas and Guide
by Evan Matshes, Brent Burbridge, Belinda Sher, Adel Mohamed, and Bernhard Juurlink, illusrations by Carrie Allen, 433 pp, with illus, $99.95, ISBN 0-8493-1901-3, Boca Raton, Fla, CRC Press, 2005.
Biography, MemoirIncidental Findings: Lessons From My Patients in the Art of Medicine
by Danielle Ofri, 175 pp, $23.95, ISBN 0-8070-7266-4, Boston, Mass, Beacon Press, 2005.
CancerBiological Basis of Geriatric Oncology
edited by Lodovico Balducci and Martine Extermann (Cancer Treatment and Research), 258 pp, with illus, $159, ISBN 0-387-23961-8, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
Gastrointestinal Cancer
edited by Jaffer A. Ajani, Steven A. Curley, Nora A. Janjan, and Patrick M. Lynch (M. D. Anderson Cancer Care Series), 394 pp, with illus, paper, $59.95, ISBN 0-387-22090-9, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
UICC Manual of Clinical Oncology
edited by R. E. Pollock, J. H. Doroshow, D. Khayat, A. Nakao, and B. O’Sullivan, 8th ed (UICC International Union Against Cancer), 917 pp, with illus, paper, $79.95, ISBN 0-471-22289-5, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley-Liss, 2004.
CardiologyBraunwald’s Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine
edited by Douglas P. Zipes, Peter Libby, Robert O. Bonow, and Eugene Braunwald, 7th ed, includes CD-ROM and access to http://www.braunwalds.com, 2259 pp, with illus, $169, ISBN 0-7216-0479-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
Environmental HealthEnvironmental Illness: Nova Scotia— 1983-2003
by David T. Janigan, 98 pp, with illus, paper, $15.95, ISBN 1-55266-152-0, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fernwood Publishing Co, 2003.
Family MedicineLes patients d’abord: l’histoire de la médicine familiale au Canada/Patients First: The Story of Family Medicine in Canada
by Stan Solomon, photo research by Peter Taylor (Le Collège des médecins de famille du Canada/The College of Family Physicians of Canada, 1954-2004), 112 pp, with illus, $49.95, ISBN 1-55263-605-4, Toronto, Ontario, Key Porter Books, 2004.
GeneticsMedical Genetics
by Lynn B. Jorde, John C. Carey, Michael J. Bamshad, and Raymond L. White, 3rd ed, includes online access and interactive extras, 363 pp, with illus, paper, $54.95, ISBN 0-3230-3568-X, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 2003.
Health SystemsDead on Arrival: The Politics of Health Care in Twentieth-Century America
by Colin Gordon, 316 pp, paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-691-05806-7, Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2003 (hardcover edition reviewed in JAMA October 8, 2003).
Health Is Wealth: Strategic Visions for European Healthcare at the Beginning of the 21st Century: Report to the European Parliament
by Felix Unger, Frank Anton, and Katja Borchardt, et al, 98 pp, with illus, $69.95, ISBN 3-540-22313-4, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2004.
What Works: Effective Tools and Case Studies to Improve Clinical Office Practice
by Suzanne Houck, 151 pp, with illus, paper, $39.95, ISBN 0-9707187-1-3, Boulder, Colo, HealthPress Publishing, 2004.
Infectious DiseaseCellular Microbiology
edited by Pascale Cossart, Patrice Boquet, Staffan Normark, and Rino Rappuoli, 2nd ed, 593 pp, with illus, $119.95, ISBN 1-55581-302-X, Washington, DC, ASM Press, 2005.
Microbial Inhabitants of Humans: Their Ecology and Role in Health and Disease
by Michael Wilson, 455 pp, with illus, $65, ISBN 0-521-84158-5, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
MedicineVenous Thromboembolism: Prevention and Treatment
edited by Kunio Shirato (symposium, Sendai, Japan, November 2003), 185 pp, with illus, $129, ISBN 4-431-22080-1, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
MiscellaneousMedical Entomology for Students
by Mike Service, 3rd ed, 285 pp, with illus, paper, $48, ISBN 0-521-54775-X, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Scientific Publications by Walter Kempner, MD, vol 2: Radical Dietary Treatment of Vascular and Metabolic Disorders
edited by Barbara Newborg, 557 pp, with illus, gratis, ISBN 0-9654797-2-2, Gravity Press, PO Box 2739, Durham NC, 27715-2739, 2004.
Understanding Sleeplessness: Perspectives on Insomnia
by David N. Neubauer, 192 pp, with illus, $45, ISBN 0-8018-7236-6, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.
New MediaImplementing an Electronic Health Record System
edited by James M. Walker, Eric J. Bieber, and Frank Richards (Health Informatics Series), 247 pp, with illus, $69.95, ISBN 1-85233-826-1, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
NutritionClinical Nutrition: Enteral and Tube Feeding
edited by Rolando H. Rolandelli, Robin Bankhead, Joseph I. Boullata, and Charlene W. Compher, includes CD-ROM, 572 pp, with illus, $139, ISBN 0-7216-0379-3, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
OphthalmologyPrimary Retinal Detachment: Options for Repair
edited by Ingrid Kreissig, 215 pp, with illus, $59.95, ISBN 3-540-21132-2, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
Uveitis and Immunological Disorders
edited by Uwe Pleyer and Bartly Mondino (Essentials in Ophthalmology), 291 pp, with illus, $99, ISBN 3-540-20045-2, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
OtolaryngologySinus Surgery: Endoscopic and Microscopic Approaches
by Howard L. Levine and M. Pais Clemente, 344 pp, with illus, $159, ISBN 0-86577-972-4, New York, NY, Thieme, 2005.
Pharmacology-Therapeutics2005 Physicians’ Desk Reference
59th ed, 3440 pp, $59.95, ISBN 1-56363-497-X, Montvale, NJ, Thompson PDR, 2005.
PhysiologyPhysiology
by Robert M. Berne, Matthew N. Levy, Bruce M. Koeppen, and Bruce A. Stanton, 5th ed, includes online access and interactive extras to http://www.studentconsult.com, 1014 pp, with illus, $89.95, ISBN 0-3230-3390-3, St Louis, Mo, Mosby, 2004.
Primary CareTaylor’s Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges: A Handbook
edited by Robert B. Taylor, Alan K. David, Scott A. Fields, D. Melessa Phillips, and Joseph E. Scherger, 279 pp, with illus, paper, $49.95, ISBN 0-387-22337-1, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
ReferenceMedical Spanish: The Instant Survival Guide
by Cynthia J. Wilber and Susan Lister, 4th ed, 490 pp, with illus, spiral-bound, $29.95, ISBN 0-7506-7494-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, 2005.

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