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JAMA. 2006;295(9):1067-1072. doi:10.1001/jama.295.9.1071-b.
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BiographyJ. D. Bernal: The Sage of Science

by Andrew Brown, 562 pp, with illus, $34.95, ISBN 0-19-851544-8, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Köhler's Invention
by Klaus Eichmann, 223 pp, with illus, $69.95, ISBN 3-7643-7173-0, Basel, Switzerland, Birkhäuser Verlag, 2005 (corecipient of 1984 Nobel Prize for developing method to produce monoclonal antibodies).
Critical CareMedical Emergency Teams: Implementation and Outcome Measurement
edited by Michael A. DeVita, Kenneth Hillman, and Rinaldo Bellomo, 296 pp, with illus, paper, $49.95, ISBN 0-387-27920-2, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
EducationMeasuring Medical Professionalism
edited by David Thomas Stern, 311 pp, $49.50, ISBN 0-19-517226-4, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2006.
EthicsThe Ethics and Regulation of Research With Human Subjects
by Carl H. Coleman, Jerry A. Menikoff, Jesse A. Goldner, and Nancy Neveloff Dubler, 825 pp, paper, $48, ISBN 1-58360-798-6, Newark, NJ, LexisNexis, 2005.
The Ethics and Regulation of Research With Human Subjects: Teacher's Manual
by Carl H. Coleman, Jerry A. Menikoff, Jesse A. Goldner, and Nancy Neveloff Dubler, 219 pp, gratis for course instructors, paper, ISBN 3-6204-0005-9, Newark, NJ, LexisNexis, 2005.
Is There an Ethicist in the House? On the Cutting Edge of Bioethics
by Jonathan D. Moreno (Bioethics and the Humanities), 274 pp, $29.95, ISBN 0-253-34635-5, Bloomington, Ind, Indiana University Press, 2005 (reprinted essays).
Theological Bioethics: Participation, Justice, Change
by Lisa Sowle Cahill (Moral Traditions Series), 310 pp, $44.95, ISBN 1-58901-074-4, paper, $26.95, ISBN 1-58901-075-2, Washington, DC, Georgetown University Press, 2005.
GeneticsStem Cell and Gene-Based Therapy: Frontiers in Regenerative Medicine
edited by Alexander Battler and Jonathan Leor, 422 pp, with illus, $199, ISBN 1-85233-979-9, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Health SystemsIntroduction to Nursing Informatics
by Kathryn J. Hannah, Marion J. Ball, and Margaret J. A. Edwards, 3rd ed (Health Informatics Series), 366 pp, with illus, $59.95, ISBN 0-387-26096-X, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
HIVTextbook of Pediatric HIV Care
edited by Steven Zeichner and Jennifer Read, 757 pp, with illus, $280, ISBN 0-521-82153-3, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
ImagingAcute Ischemic Stroke: Imaging and Intervention
edited by R. Gilberto González, Joshua A. Hirsch, W. J. Koroshetz, Michael H. Lev, and Pamela W. Schaefer, 268 pp, with illus, $129, ISBN 3-540-25264-9, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Atlas of Morphology and Functional Anatomy of the Brain
by T. Scarabino, U. Salvolini, F. Di Salle, H. Duvernoy, and P. Rabischong, 127 pp, with illus, $99, ISBN 3-540-29628-X, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging E-dition, vols 1-3
edited by Robert R. Edelman, John R. Hesselink, Michael B. Zlatkin, and John V. Crues III, 3rd ed, includes Web site access, 3100 pp, with illus, $549, ISBN 1-4160-3081-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
Contrast Media: Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines
edited by Henrik S. Thomsen (Medical Radiology: Diagnostic Imaging), 169 pp, $69.95, ISBN 3-540-20448-2, New York, NY, Springer, 2006 (European Society of Urogenital Radiology).
Emergency Neuroradiology
edited by Tommaso Scarabino, Ugo Salvolini, and J. Randy Jinkins, 408 pp, with illus, $198, ISBN 3-540-29626-3, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Imaging of Occupational and Environmental Disorders of the Chest
edited by Paul De Vuyst and Pierre Alain Gevenois (Medical Radiology: Diagnostic Imaging), 302 pp, with illus, $179, ISBN 3-540-21343-0, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
MR Cholangiopancreatography: Atlas With Cross-Sectional Imaging Correlation
by Lieven Van Hoe, Dirk Vanbeckevoort, Koen Mermuys, and Werner Van Steenbergen, 414 pp, with illus, $199, ISBN 3-540-22269-3, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Virtual Colonoscopy: A Practical Guide
edited by Philippe Lefere and Stefaan Gryspeerdt (Medical Radiology: Diagnostic Imaging), 200 pp, with illus, $129, ISBN 3-540-22865-9, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
MiscellaneousAbnormal Skeletal Phenotypes: From Simple Signs to Complex Diagnoses
by Alessandro Castriota-Scanderbeg and Bruno Dallapiccola, 962 pp, with illus, $549, ISBN 3-540-67997-9, New York, NY, Springer, 2005.
Appalachian Cultural Competency: A Guide for Medical, Mental Health, and Social Service Professionals
edited by Susan E. Keefe, 343 pp, $40, ISBN 1-57233-333-2, Knoxville, Tenn, University of Tennessee Press, 2005.
Care of the Difficult Patient: A Nurse's Guide
by Peter J. Manos and Joan Braun, 152 pp, paper, $19.99, ISBN 0-415-35824-8, New York, NY, Routledge, 2006.
Opera Therapy
by Fiona Cochrane, VHS or DVD, 52 min, $39.95, institutions $59.95, South Fremantle, Western Australia, Contemporary Arts Media, http://www.hushvideos.com, 2005 (cancer patients work with music therapist-composer and musical director to “bring their stories to life as opera”).
Practitioner's Guide to Symptom Base Rates in the General Population
edited by Robert J. McCaffrey, Lyndsey Bauer, Sid E. O’Bryant, and Anjali A. Palav, 236 pp, spiral-bound, $69.95, ISBN 0-387-26757-3, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Stutter
by Marc Shell, 341 pp, with illus, $27.95, ISBN 0-674-01987-7, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2005 (literary criticism and cultural history of stuttering).
Textbook of Functional Medicine
edited by David S. Jones (Institute for Functional Medicine), 820 pp, with illus, $189, ISBN 0-9773713-0-1, Gig Harbor, Wash, Institute for Functional Medicine, 2005.
NutritionWhat to Eat: An Aisle-by-Aisle Guide to Savvy Food Choices and Good Eating
by Marion Nestle, 583 pp, $30, ISBN 0-86547-704-3, New York, NY, North Point Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2006.
Obstetrics-GynecologyThe Labor Progress Handbook
by Penny Simkin and Ruth Ancheta, 2nd ed, 302 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-4051-2217-X, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
Pharmacology-TherapeuticsThe Law and Ethics of the Pharmaceutical Industry
by Graham Dukes, 409 pp, $129.95, ISBN 0-444-51868-1, San Diego, Calif, Elsevier, 2006.
PhysiologyClinical Physiology: An Examination Primer
by Ashis Banerjee, 363 pp, with illus, paper, $45, ISBN 0-521-54226-X, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Primary CareAlarm Bells in Medicine: Danger Symptoms in Medicine, Surgery and Clinical Specialties
edited by Nadeem Ali, 169 pp, paper, $34.95, ISBN 0-7279-1819-2, London, England, BMJ Books, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
PsychiatryBipolar Disorders: Mixed States, Rapid Cycling, and Atypical Forms
edited by Andreas Marneros and Frederick Goodwin, 395 pp, with illus, $120, ISBN 0-521-83517-8, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Coping With Depression: From Catch-22 to Hope
by Jon G. Allen, 317 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 1-58562-211-7, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2006.
Personality-Disordered Patients: Treatable and Untreatable
by Michael H. Stone, 269 pp, paper, $42, ISBN 1-58562-172-2, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2006.
Public HealthDistrict Laboratory Practices in Tropical Countries, Part 1
by Monica Cheesbrough, 2nd ed (Tropical Health Technology), 454 pp, with illus, paper, $90, ISBN 0-521-67630-4, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
SexualityWomen's Sexual Function and Dysfunction: Study, Diagnosis and Treatment
edited by Irwin Goldstein, Cindy M. Meston, Susan R. Davis, and Abdulmaged M. Traish, 760 pp, with illus, $125, ISBN 1-84214-263-1, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
StatisticsStatistical Monitoring of Clinical Trials: Fundamentals for Investigators
by Lemuel A. Moyé, 254 pp, with illus, paper, $49.95, ISBN 0-387-27781-1, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
UrologyAdvanced Endourology: The Complete Clinical Guide
edited by Stephen Y. Nakada and Margaret S. Pearle (Current Clinical Urology), includes DVD, 357 pp, with illus, $135, ISBN 1-58829-446-3, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2006.
Oxford Handbook of Urology
by John Reynard, Simon Brewster, and Suzanne Biers, 678 pp, with illus, soft cover, $42.50, ISBN 0-19-853095-1, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2006.

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