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JAMA. 2005;294(12):1555-1559. doi:10.1001/jama.294.12.1558-b.
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CancerCancer Risk Assessment

edited by Peter G. Shields (Basic and Clinical Oncology), 769 pp, $199.95, ISBN 0-8247-2984-6, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Molecular Biology of Cancer: Mechanisms, Targets, and Therapeutics
by Lauren Pecorino, includes companion Web site, 243 pp, with illus, paper, $49.50, ISBN 0-19-926472-4, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Squamous Cell Head and Neck Cancer: Recent Clinical Progress and Prospects for the Future
edited by David J. Adelstein (Current Clinical Oncology), 358 pp, with illus, $165, ISBN 1-58829-473-0, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2005.
Tumor Ablation: Principles and Practice
edited by Eric vanSonnenberg, William McMullen, and Luigi Solbiati, 542 pp, with illus, $169, ISBN 0-387-95539-9, New York, NY, Springer, 2005.
GeriatricsMedicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care
by Christine K. Cassel (California Milbank Books on Health and the Public), 241 pp, $27.50, ISBN 0-520-24624-1, Berkeley, Calif, University of California Press, 2005.
Psychosis in the Elderly
edited by Anne Hassett, David Ames, and Edmond Chiu, 259 pp, with illus, $69.95, ISBN 1-84184-394-6, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
When Your Loved One Has Dementia: A Simple Guide for Caregivers
by Joy A. Glenner, Jean M. Stehman, Judith Davagnino, Margaret J. Galante, and Martha L. Green, 137 pp, $35, ISBN 0-8018-8113-7, paper, $16.95, ISBN 0-8018-8114-5, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Health SystemsJonas and Kovner’s Health Care Delivery in the United States
edited by Anthony R. Kovner and James R. Knickman, 8th ed, 753 pp, with illus, $72.95, ISBN 0-8261-2087-3, paper, $48.95, ISBN 0-8261-2088-1, New York, NY, Springer Publishing Co, 2005.
Our Unsystematic Health Care System
by Grace Budrys, 2nd ed, 197 pp, $70, ISBN 0-7425-4296-3, paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-7425-4297-1, Lanham, Md, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
HistoryEugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America
by Alexandra Minna Stern (American Crossroads, 17), 347 pp, with illus, paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-520-24444-3, Berkeley, Calif, University of California Press, 2005.
A History of Medicine
by Lois N. Magner, 2nd ed, 611 pp, with illus, $69.95, ISBN 0-8247-4074-2, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005 (designed for survey courses).
Medics at War: Military Medicine From Colonial Times to the 21st Century
by John T. Greenwood and F. Clifton Berry, Jr, 214 pp, with illus, $34.95, ISBN 1-59114-344-6, Annapolis, Md, Association of the United States Army; Naval Institute Press, 2005.
A Surgical Temptation: The Demonization of the Foreskin and the Rise of Circumcision in Britain
by Robert Darby, 374 pp, $35, ISBN 0-226-13645-0, Chicago, Ill, University of Chicago Press, 2005.
MiscellaneousDifference and Identity: A Special Issue of Literature and Medicine
edited by Jonathan M. Metzl and Suzanne Poirier, 207 pp, paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8018-8205-2, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Diseases of Unknown Origin: The Abandoned Theory
by Eliasar A. Simon, 239 pp, with illus, paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-9769480-0-1, Honolulu, Hawaii, Saldoña Books, 2005 (water deficiency and health problems).
NephrologyLiving Donor Kidney Transplantation: Current Practices, Emerging Trends and Evolving Challenges
edited by Robert S. Gaston and Jonas Wadström, 196 pp, with illus, $169.95, ISBN 1-84184-316-4, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
New MediaHealth 101 Lite 2005: Health Calculators for Fitness and Wellness
edited by A. Arturo Rodriguez, abridged edition, mini CD-ROM for Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP, $5, ISBN 968-5325-38-5, La Jolla, Calif, ScyMed, http://www.ScyMed.com, 2005.
Health 101: Health Calculators for Fitness and Wellness
edited by A. Arturo Rodriguez, personal edition, CD-ROM for Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP, Spanish edition available, $19.95, ISBN 968-5325-37-5, La Jolla, Calif, ScyMed, http://www.ScyMed.com, 2005 (computes body mass index, ideal body weight, energy expenditure, target heart rate, due date, and other parameters and self-assessments of body weight and cardiovascular risk, including Framingham Scores).
Salud 101: Calculadoras de Salud para el Bienestar y la Condición Física
edited by A. Arturo Rodriguez, abridged version, mini CD-ROM, for Windows 95/98/2000/Me/XP, $5, ISBN 968-5325-35-9, La Jolla, Calif, ScyMed, http://www.ScyMed.com, 2005.
OphthalmologyDr Agarwals’ Step by Step Phaco
edited by Sunita Agarwal, Athiya Agarwal, and Amar Agarwal, includes 2 interactive CD-ROMs, 191 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-84184-549-3, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Immunology of the Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film and Ocular Surface
by Manfred Zierhut, Michael E. Stern, and David A. Sullivan, 288 pp, with illus, $129.95, ISBN 1-84184-568-X, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
OrthopedicsArthroscopic and Endoscopic Spinal Surgery: Text and Atlas
edited by Parviz Kambin, 2nd ed, includes DVD, 383 pp, with illus, $175, ISBN 1-58829-522-2, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2005.
Tendon Transfers in Reconstructive Hand Surgery
edited by Jan Fridén (Federation of the European Societies for Surgery of the Hand), 185 pp, with illus, $129.95, ISBN 1-84184-514-0, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
OtolaryngologyComplications in Pediatric Otolaryngology
edited by Gary D. Josephson and Daniel L. Wohl, 610 pp, with illus, $199.95, ISBN 0-8247-2437-2, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
The Frontal Sinus
edited by Stilianos Kountakis, Brent Senior, and Wolfgang Draf, 294 pp, with illus, $169, ISBN 3-540-21143-8, New York, NY, Springer, 2005.
Surgery for Sleep Disordered Breathing
by Karl Hörmann and Thomas Verse, 161 pp, with illus, $169, ISBN 3-540-21951-X, New York, NY, Springer, 2005.
PathologyEncyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine, vols 1-4
edited by Jason Payne-James, Roger W. Byard, Tracey S. Corey, and Carol Henderson, 2084 pp, with illus, $740, ISBN 0-12-547970-0, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Elsevier Academic Press, 2005.
PsychiatryBipolar Disorder: The Upswing in Research and Treatment
edited by Colm McDonald, Katja Schulze, Robin M. Murray, and Mauricio Tohen (European Foundation for Psychiatry at The Maudsley), 237 pp, with illus, $69.95, ISBN 1-84184-501-9, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Faith and Mental Health: Religious Resources for Healing
by Harold G. Koenig, 343 pp, paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-932031-91-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Templeton Foundation Press, 2005.
The Frith Prescribing Guidelines for Adults With Learning Disability
edited by Sabyasachi Bhaumik and David Branford (Leicestershire Partnership, NHS Trust), 155 pp, with illus, paper, $49.95, ISBN 1-84184-573-6, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
ReproductionGnRH Analogs in Human Reproduction
edited by Bruno Lunenfeld (symposium), 107 pp, with illus, $79.95, ISBN 0-415-38135-5, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
SexualitySexuality and Human Rights: A Global Overview
edited by Helmut Graupner and Phillip Tahmindjis, 244 pp, $49.95, ISBN 1-56023-554-3, paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-56023-555-1, Binghamton, NY, Harrington Park Press, 2005.
UrologyLaparoscopic Urologic Surgery in Malignancies
edited by Jean de la Rosette and Inderbir Gill, 302 pp, with illus, $169, ISBN 3-540-20512-8, New York, NY, Springer, 2005.
Therapeutic Treatment for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
by Roger S. Kirby, John D. McConnell, John M. Fitzpatrick, Claus G. Roehrborn, Michael G. Wyllie, and Peter Boyle, 202 pp, with illus, $99.95, ISBN 1-84184-601-5, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Urological Emergencies: A Practical Guide
edited by Hunter Wessells and Jack W. McAninch, 387 pp, with illus, $135, ISBN 1-588-29-256-8,Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2005.

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