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Book and Media Reviews | January 18, 2006

JAMA. 2006;295(3):331-335. doi:10.1001/jama.295.3.334.
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AnesthesiologyAnesthesia and Uncommon Diseases

edited by Lee A. Fleisher, 5th ed, 658 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 1-4160-2212-0, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Saunders, 2006.
Biography, MemoirCancer Is Like the Wind
words and photography by Bruce A. Silver, 202 pp, with illus, paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-615-12848-3, Dunkirk, Md, Bruce Alan Silver, 2005 (oncologist's patient vignettes intermingled with nature writing and photographs).
The Doctors' Doctor: A Biography of Eugene A. Stead, Jr., MD
by John Laszlo and Francis A. Neelon, 346 pp, with illus, $50, ISBN 1-59460-149-6, Durham, NC, Carolina Academic Press, 2006.
Duke Chief Medical Residents: An Overview
by Joseph C. Greenfield, Jr, 514 pp, with illus, $70, ISBN 1-59460-184-4, Durham, NC, Carolina Academic Press, 2005 (includes perspectives by residency directors and biographical sketches of chief residents, 1940-2005).
To Bear Witness: A Journey of Healing and Solidarity
by Kevin M. Cahill, 271 pp, with illus, $24.95, ISBN 0-8232-2506-2, New York, NY, Fordham University Press, 2005 (memoir and reflections by an international humanitarian medicine physician).
Cardiovascular MedicineMicrovascular Research, vols 1 & 2
edited by David Shepro and Patricia D’Amore, 1261 pp, with illus, $280, ISBN 0-12-639510-1, Burlington, Mass, Elsevier Academic Press, 2006.
Critical CareIntensive Care Medicine in 10 Years
edited by Michell P. Fink, Peter M. Suter, and William J. Sibbald (Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, No. 43), 435 pp, with illus, $179, ISBN 3-540-26092-7, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
DermatologyAtlas of Dermatology
by T. L. Diepgen, M. Simon, A. Bittdorf, M. Fartasch, and G. Schuler, 2nd ed, one DVD-ROM, requires Win 98 SE/ME/2000/NT4.9/XP, Pentium II or compatible, DVD drive, 128 MB RAM, 1024 x 768, true color 32 bit, Internet browser, $69.95, New York, NY, Springer, 2005.
Color Atlas of Chemical Peels
edited by Antonella Tosti, Pearl E. Grimes, and Maria P. De Padova, 216 pp, with illus, $159, ISBN 3-540-21279-5, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Handbook of Atopic Eczema
edited by Johannes Ring, Bernhard Przybilla, and Thomas Ruzicka, 2nd ed, 613 pp, with illus, $259, ISBN 3-540-23133-1, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
EducationSymptom to Diagnosis: An Evidence-Based Guide
by Scott D. C. Stern, Adam S. Cifu, and Diane Altkorn, 434 pp, with illus, paper, $34.95, ISBN 0-07-146389-5, New York, NY, Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2006.
EndocrinologyThe Eating Well Diabetes Cookbook: 275 Delicious Recipes and 100+ Tips for Simple, Everyday Carbohydrate Control
by Joyce Hendley and the editors of Eating Well, 336 pp, with illus, $29.95, ISBN 0-88150-633-8, Woodstock, Vt, Countryman Press, New York, NY, WW Norton, 2005.
GastroenterologyThe Clinician's Guide to Liver Disease
by K. Rajender Reddy and Thomas Faust, 356 pp, with illus, paper, $59.95, ISBN 1-55642-675-5, Thorofare, NJ, Slack, 2006.
The Clinician's Guide to Pancreaticobiliary Disorders
by Gregory G. Ginsberg and Nuzhat A. Ahmad, 384 pp, with illus, paper, $59.95, ISBN 1-55642-694-1, Thorofare, NJ, Slack, 2006.
GeneticsApplied Genetics in Healthcare: A Handbook for Specialist Practitioners
by Heather Skirton, Christine Patch, and Janet Williams, 274 pp, with illus, paper, $61.95, ISBN 1-8599-6274-2, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling
by Harold Chen, 1076 pp, with illus, $245, ISBN 1-58829-681-4, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2006.
Gene Regulation: A Eukaryotic Perspective
by David S. Latchman, 5th ed (BIOS Advanced Text), 374 pp, with illus, paper, $59.95, ISBN 0-4153-6510-4, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
GeriatricsHandbook of Geriatric Assessment
by Joseph J. Gallo, Hillary R. Bogner, Terry Fulmer, and Gregory J. Paveza, 4th ed, 473 pp, $69.95, ISBN 0-7637-3056-4, Sudbury, Mass, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2006.
Improving Medication Management in Home Care: Issues and Solutions
edited by Dennee Frey, 155 pp, $44.95, ISBN 0-7890-3052-7, paper, $22.95, ISBN 0-7890-3053-5, Binghamton, NY, Haworth Press, 2005.
Health SystemsImproving Patient Care: The Implementation of Change in Clinical Practice
by Richard Grol, Michel Wensing, and Martin Eccles, 290 pp, paper, $54.95, ISBN 0-7506-8819-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, 2005.
Physicians as Leaders: Who, How, and Why Now?
by Mindi K. McKenna and Perry A. Pugno, 350 pp, with illus, paper, $49.95, ISBN 1-85775-788-2, Seattle, Wash, Radcliffe Publishing, 2006.
MiscellaneousThe Cadaver's Ball: A Novel of Revenge
by Charles Atkins, 337 pp, $24.95, ISBN 0-312-34204-7, New York, NY, Thomas Dunne Books/St Martin's Minotaur, 2005.
Measurement in Health Behavior: Methods for Research and Evaluation
by Colleen Konicki Di Iorio, 306 pp, with illus, paper, $55, ISBN 0-7879-7097-2, San Francisco, Calif, Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2005.
One of Us: Conjoined Twins and the Future of Normal
by Alice Domurat Dreger, 198 pp, with illus, paper, $14.95, ISBN 0-674-01825-7, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2004 (hardcover edition reviewed in JAMA June 9, 2004).
Partnership With the Dying: Where Medicine and Ministry Should Meet
by David H. Smith, 135 pp, $50, ISBN 0-7425-4466-4, paper, $17.95, ISBN 0-7425-4467-2, Lanham, Md, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
Surgical and Medical Treatment in Art
by Alan E. H. Emery and Marcia L. H. Emery, 139 pp, with illus, £45, $79.67, ISBN 1-85315-695-7, London, England, Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2005.
VA in the Vanguard: Building on Success in Smoking Cessation
edited by Stephen L. Isaacs, Steven A. Schroeder, and Joel A. Simon (conference, San Francisco, Calif, September 2004), 262 pp, with illus, paper, gratis, San Francisco, Calif, Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, UCSF, Washington, DC, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2005 (PDF available at http://smokingcessationleadership.ucsf.edu).
New MediaEvaluation Methods in Biomedical Informatics
edited by Charles P. Friedman and Jeremy C. Wyatt, 2nd ed (Health Informatics Series), 386 pp, with illus, $69.95, ISBN 0-387-25889-2, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Obstetrics-GynecologyBirth, Distress and Disease: Placenta-Brain Interactions
edited by Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin, 279 pp, with illus, $100, ISBN 0-521-83148-2, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 3005.
OphthalmologyAll About Your Eyes: A Practical Guide in Plain English From the Physicians at the Duke University Eye Center
edited by Sharon Fektra and Jennifer S. Weizer, 189 pp, $64.95, ISBN 0-8223-3660-X, paper, $18.95, ISBN 0-8223-3699-5, Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2006.
Ultrasonography of the Eye and Orbit
by D. Jackson Coleman, Ronald H. Silverman, Frederic L. Lizzi, and Mark J. Rondeau, includes DVD, 186 pp, with illus, $199, ISBN 0-7817-4650-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
PsychiatryMind, Brain, and Schizophrenia
by Peter Williamson, 278 pp, with illus, $65, ISBN 0-19-517637-5, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2006.
Modelling and Managing the Depressive Disorders: A Clinical Guide
by Gordon Parker and Vijaya Manicavasagar, 247 pp, with illus, paper, $55, ISBN 0-521-67144-2, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Of Others Inside: Insanity, Addiction and Belonging in America
by Darin Weinberg, 226 pp, paper, $22.95, ISBN 1-59213-404-1, Philadelphia, Pa, Temple University Press, 2005.
Quality of Life in Mental Disorders
edited by Heinz Katschnig, Hugh Freeman, and Norman Sartorius, 351 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 0-470-85601-7, Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
Stress and Hypertension: Examining the Relation Between Psychological Stress and High Blood Pressure
by Kevin T. Larkin (Current Perspectives in Psychology), 406 pp, $55, ISBN 0-300-10644-0, New Haven, Conn, Yale University Press, 2005.
Public HealthAgents of Bioterrorism: Pathogens and Their Weaponization
edited by Geoffrey Zubay, 364 pp, with illus, $50, ISBN 0-231-13346-4, New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 2005.
Learning to Dance: Advancing Women’s Reproductive Health and Well-Being From the Perspectives of Public Health and Human Rights
edited by Alicia Ely Yamin (Harvard Series on Health and Human Rights), 169 pp, paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-674-01948-2, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, synthesizing essay, 2005 (six sexual and reproductive health case studies presented from public health and human rights perspectives, along with a separate essay).
Reinventing Public Health: Policies and Practices for a Healthy Nation
edited by Lu Ann Aday, 370 pp, with illus, $55, ISBN 0-7879-7561-3, San Francisco, Calif, Jossey-Bass, Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
Social Injustice and Public Health
edited by Barry S. Levy and Victor W. Sidel, 529 pp, with illus, $59.95, ISBN 0-19-517185-3, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2006.
ReproductionBehind the Silence: Chinese Voices on Abortion
by Nie Jing-Bao, 294 pp, $75, ISBN 0-7425-2370-5, paper, $27.95, ISBN 0-7425-2371-3, Lanham, Md, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
SurgeryBariatric Surgery: A Primer for Your Medical Practice
edited by Francis A. Farraye and R. Armour Forse, 241 pp, with illus, paper, $59.95, ISBN 1-55642-736-0, Thorofare, NJ, Slack, 2006.
Browse's Introduction to the Symptoms and Signs of Surgical Disease
by Norman L. Browse, John Black, Kevin G. Burnand, and William E. G. Thomas, 4th ed, 486 pp, with illus, paper, $45, ISBN 0-340-81571-X, London, England, Hodder Arnold, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Cleft Lip and Palate: Diagnosis and Management
edited by Samuel Berkowitz, 2nd ed, 799 pp, with illus, $449, ISBN 3-540-23409-8, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Intensive Neurosurgery Board Review: Neurological Surgery Q & A
by Thomas G. Psarros and Shawn P. Moore, 312 pp, with illus, paper, $69.95, ISBN 1-4051-0479-1, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
Perioperative Care in Cardiac Anesthesia and Surgery
edited by Davy C. H. Cheng and Tirone E. David, 526 pp, with illus, paper, $69.95, ISBN 0-7817-5774-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.

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