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JAMA. 2005;293(14):1798-1802. doi:10.1001/jama.293.14.1801-b.
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Biography, MemoirThe Placebo Chronicles: Strange but True Tales From the Doctors’ Lounge

edited by Douglas Farrago, illustrations by Gordon W. Marshall, 189 pp, with illus, paper, $12.95, ISBN 0-7679-1949-1, New York, NY, Broadway Books, 2005 (“from ‘the Mad Magazine of the medical world’ . . . favorite true tales of the ridiculous, the silly, and the just plain weird cases doctors face”).
CancerAmerica’s War on “Carcinogens”: Reassessing the Use of Animal Tests to Predict Human Cancer Risk
176 pp, with illus, paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-9727094-4-4, New York, NY, American Council on Science and Health, 2005.
Handbook of Immunohistochemistry and in situ Hybridization of Human Carcinomas, vol 2: Molecular Pathology, Colorectal Carcinoma, and Prostate Carcinoma
edited by M. A. Hayat, 492 pp, with illus, $169.95, ISBN 0-12-333942-1, Boston, Mass, Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.
Looking Forward . . . The Speech and Swallowing Guidebook for People With Cancer of the Larynx or Tongue
by Jack E. Thomas and Robert L. Keith, 4th ed, 127 pp, with illus, paper, $14.95, ISBN 1-58890-294-3, New York, NY, Thieme, 2005.
Saving Women’s Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
edited by Roger Herdman and Larry Norton (A Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Institute of Medicine Symposium, National Cancer Policy Board), 134 pp, with illus, paper, $31.95, ISBN 0-309-09438-0, Washington, DC, National Academies Press, full text available at http://www.nap.edu, 2005.
A Summary of America’s War on “Carcinogens”: Reassessing the Use of Animal Tests to Predict Human Cancer (based on the book)
edited by Kathleen Meister, 40 pp, New York, NY, American Council on Science and Health, 2005.
Health SystemsTo Do No Harm: Ensuring Patient Safety in Health Care Organizations
by Julianne M. Morath and Joanne E. Turnbull, 354 pp, with illus, $42, ISBN 0-7879-6770-X, San Francisco, Calif, Jossey-Bass, 2005.
HematologyHematology: Basic Principles and Practice
edited by Ronald Hoffman, Edward J. Benz, Jr, and Sanford J. Shattil, et al, 4th ed, includes CD-ROM, 2821 pp, with illus, $229, ISBN 0-443-06628-0, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005.
Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice, Fourth e-dition
edited by Ronald Hoffman, Edward J. Benz, Jr, and Sanford J. Shattil, et al, includes access to http://www.hemtext.com and CD-ROM, 2821 pp, with illus, $349, ISBN 0-443-06662-0, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2005.
Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice CD-ROM for Online Web Site
edited by Ronald Hoffman, Edward J. Benz, Jr, and Sanford J. Shattil, et al, 4th ed, for Windows or Macintosh, 32 MB RAM, 10 MB disk space, 800 × 600, VGA, Internet connection, $229, ISBN 0-443-06670-1, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Churchhill Livingstone, 2005.
HistoryDistilling Knowledge: Alchemy, Chemistry, and the Scientific Revolution
by Bruce T. Moran (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine ), 210 pp, with illus, $24.95, ISBN 0-674-01495-2, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2005.
Walking Fingers: The Story of Polio and Those Who Lived With It
edited by Sally Aitken, Helen D’Orazio, and Stewart Valin, 234 pp, with illus, paper, $18.95, ISBN 1-55065-180-3, Montréal, Québec, Véhicule Press, 2004 (oral histories and brief history of polio in and beyond Canada).
HIVThe AIDS Pandemic: Impact on Science and Society
edited by Kenneth H. Mayer and H. F. Pizer, 537 pp, with illus, $84.95, ISBN 0-12-465271-9, San Diego, Calif, Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.
Positive Prevention: Reducing HIV Transmission Among People Living With HIV/AIDS
edited by Seth C. Kalichman, 281 pp, with illus, $65, ISBN 0-306-48699-7, New York, NY, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2005.
Scaling Up Treatment for the Global AIDS Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities
edited by James Curran, Haile Debas, Monisha Arya, Patrick Kelley, Stacey Knobler, and Leslie Pray (Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine), 325 pp, with illus, paper, $48, ISBN 0-309-09264-7, Washington, DC, National Academies Press, full text available at http://www.nap.edu, 2005.
ImagingBreast Ultrasound: Research and Development
edited by Ei Ueno, Tsuyoshi Shiina, Mitsuhiro Kubota, and Kiyoshi Savai (symposium, Kyoto, Japan, April 2003), 207 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 4-431-40277-2, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
Clinical PET and PET/CT
by H. Jadvar and J. A. Parker, 279 pp, with illus, paper, $69.95, ISBN 1-85233-838-5, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Oncology
edited by Alan Jackson, David L. Buckley, and Geoggrey J. M. Parker (Medical Radiology: Diagnostic Imaging), 311 pp, with illus, $179, ISBN 3-540-42322-2, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
Hand Bone Age: A Digital Atlas of Skeletal Maturity
by Vicente Gilsanz and Osman Ratib, includes CD-ROM, 95 pp, with illus, paper, $79.95, ISBN 3-540-20951-4, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
Imaging of the Nervous System: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications, vols 1 & 2
edited by Richard E. Latchaw, John Kucharczyk, and Michael E. Moseley, includes CD-ROM, 1828 pp, with illus, $295, ISBN 0-323-01183-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Mosby, 2005.
Introduction to Vascular Ultrasonography
edited by William J. Zwiebel and John S. Pellerito, 5th ed, 723 pp, with illus, $99, ISBN 0-7216-0631-8, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
PET-CT: A Case-Based Approach
edited by Peter S. Conti and Daniel K. Cham, 304 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN 0-387-20858-5, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
MiscellaneousBiohazard 9-1-1
by Mark Kortepeter, 202 pp, paper, $16.95, ISBN 1-4137-4124-X, Baltimore, Md, PublishAmerica, 2004 (medical and public health thriller about a mysterious small-town outbreak with international implications).
Brain Tumors: Leaving the Garden of Eden: A Survival Guide to Diagnosis, Learning the Basics, Getting Organized and Finding Your Medical Team
by Paul M. Zeltzer, 393 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-9760171-0-5, Encino, Calif, Shilysca Press, 2004.
The Day I Will Never Forget
by Kim Longinotto, color, 92 min, rental $90, VHS sale, $295, ISBN WO3808, New York, NY, Women Make Movies, http://www.wmm.com, 2002 (documentary about female genital mutilation in Kenya and attempts to reverse the practice).
Gay Men Living With Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities: From Crisis to Crossroads
edited by Benjamin Lipton, 114 pp, $29.95, ISBN 1-56023-335-4, paper, $16.95, ISBN 1-56023-336-2, Binghamton, NY, Harrington Park Press; Haworth Social Work Practice Press, 2004.
The Man Who Stole My Mother’s Face
by Cathy Henkel, color, 58 min, rental $90, VHS sale, $295, New York, NY, Women Make Movies, http://www.wmm.com, (documentary on search for justice and aftermath of trauma following mother’s rape in South Africa), 2003.
Under a Blood Red Sky
by Richard A. Collins, 238 pp, paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-7552-0154-X, Hertford, England, Authors OnLine, 2004 (foot-and-mouth disease thriller).
NeurologyQuick Brown Fox
by Ann Hedreen and Rustin Thompson, color, 62 min, rental $90, VHS sale $295, W05851, New York, NY, Women Make Movies, http://www.wmm.com, 2004 (Alzheimer disease documentary).
Primary CareGriffith’s Instructions for Patients
by Steven W. Moore, 7th ed, includes CD-ROM, 636 pp, with perforations and 3 holes, paper, $69.95, ISBN 1-4160-0036-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
Pulmonology-RespirologyClinical Atlas of Airway Diseases: Bronchoscopy, Radiology, and Pathology
edited by David R. Duhamel and James H. Harrell, includes CD-ROM, 213 pp, with illus, $169, ISBN 0-7216-0007-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
Clinical Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
by William MacNee, Richard L. ZuWallack, and Joseph Keenan, 304 pp, with illus, soft cover, $24.95, ISBN 1-884735-85-1, West Islip, NY, Professional Communications, 2005.

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