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JAMA. 2006;295(11):1313-1318. doi:10.1001/jama.295.11.1317.
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Biology, Molecular MedicineCulture of Cells for Tissue Engineering

edited by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic and R. Ian Freshney (Culture of Specialized Cells), 512 pp, with illus, paper, $94.95, ISBN 0-471-62935-9, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley-Liss, 2006.
CancerCancer in the Spine: Comprehensive Care
edited by Robert F. McLain (Current Clinical Oncology), 379 pp, with illus, $195, ISBN 1-59259-971-0, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2006.
Prognostic Markers in Hematologic Oncology
by Wojciech Gorczyca, 314 pp, with illus, $149.95, ISBN 1-84184-554-X, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Textbook of Breast Cancer: A Clinical Guide to Therapy
edited by Gianni Bonadonna, Gabriel N. Hortobagyi, and Pinuccia Valagussa, 3rd ed, 411 pp, with illus, $199.95, ISBN 1-84184-418-7, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Thyroid Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Management
edited by Leonard Wartofsky and Douglas Van Nostrand, 2nd ed, 708 pp, with illus, $195, ISBN 1-58829-462-5, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2006.
Understanding Leukemias, Lymphomas, and Myelomas
by Tariq I. Mughal, John M. Goldman, and Sabena T. Mughal, 252 pp, with illus, $99.95, ISBN 1-84184-409-8, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
CardiologyColor Atlas of Infective Endocarditis
by David Ramsdale, 147 pp, with illus, $199, ISBN 1-85233-937-3, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
GeneticsGenetic Testing: Care, Consent, and Liability
by Neil F. Sharpe and Ronald F. Carter, 594 pp, with illus, $89.95, ISBN 0-471-64987-2, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley-Liss, 2006.
Structural and Evolutionary Genomics: Natural Selection in Genome Evolution
by Giorgio Bernardi (New Comprehensive Biochemistry, vol 37), 441 pp, with illus, paper, $82.95, ISBN 0-444-52136-4, San Diego, Calif, Elsevier, 2005.
Wrestling With Behavioral Genetics: Science, Ethics, and Public Conversation
edited by Erik Parens, Audrey R. Chapman, and Nancy Press, 336 pp, with illus, $50, ISBN 0-8018-8224-9, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
HIVA Generation at Risk: The Global Impact of HIV/AIDS on Orphans and Vulnerable Children
edited by Geoff Foster, Carol Levine, and John Williamson, 312 pp, $75, ISBN 0-521-65264-2, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Infectious DiseaseThe Grand Challenge for the Future: Vaccines for Poverty-Related Diseases From Bench to Field
edited by Stefan H. E. Kaufmann and Paul-Henri Lambert (Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious Diseases), 290 pp, $119, ISBN 3-7643-7175-7, Basel, Switzerland, Birkhäuser Verlag, New York, NY, Springer, 2005.
MiscellaneousThe Body at Risk: Photography of Disorder, Illness, and Healing
by Carol Squiers, 256 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN 0-520-24733-7, Berkeley, University of California Press, New York, NY, International Center of Photography, 2005.
Cinematic Prophylaxis: Globalization and Contagion in the Discourse of World Health
by Kirsten Ostherr, 275 pp, with illus, paper, $22.95, ISBN 0-8223-3648-0, Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2005 (cultural study of infectious disease in film, on television, and on the Internet).
Mass Hysteria: Medicine, Culture, and Mothers' Bodies
by Rebecca Kukla, 251 pp, with illus, $75, ISBN 0-7425-3357-3, paper, $27.95, ISBN 0-7425-3358-1, Lanham, Md, Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
Medicine by Design: The Practice and Promise of Biomedical Engineering
by Fen Montaigne, 221 pp, $25, ISBN 0-8018-8347-4, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 (for the public).
RF/Microwave Interaction With Biological Tissues
by André Vander Vorst, Arye Rosen, and Youji Kotsuka (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering), 330 pp, with illus, $94.95, ISBN 0-471-73277-X, Hoboken, NJ, IEEE Press; Wiley-Interscience, 2006.
NeurologyThe Blood-Brain Barrier and Its Microenvironment: Basic Physiology to Neurological Disease
edited by Elga de Vries and Alexandre Prat, 519 pp, with illus, $159.95, ISBN 0-8493-9892-4, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Clinician's Guide to Sleep Disorders
edited by Nathaniel F. Watson and Bradley V. Vaughn (Neurological Disease and Therapy, No. 77), 393 pp, with illus, $199.95, ISBN 0-8247-2930-7, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Cross-sectional Atlas of the Brain
by Peter Ratiu and Ion-Florin Talos, includes DVD, 217 pp, with illus, $95, ISBN 0-674-01923-7, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2005.
Facing the Cognitive Challenges of Multiple Sclerosis
by Jeffrey N. Gingold, 139 pp, paper, $19.95, ISBN 1-932603-60-3, New York, NY, Demos, 2006 (personal account and guide).
Palliative Neurology
by Ian Maddocks, Bruce Brew, Heather Waddy, and Ian Williams, 260 pp, paper, $55, ISBN 0-521-67249-X, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
OrthopedicsAnterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability
edited by Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso, 381 pp, with illus, $199, ISBN 1-84628-003-6, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
PathologyUpdates in Diagnostic Pathology
edited by David C. Chhieng and Gene P. Siegal (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 563), 197 pp, with illus, $139, ISBN 0-387-25357-2, New York, NY, Springer, 2005.
Pharmacology-TherapeuticsAHFS Drug Information Essentials: A Resource for Health Care Professionals 2005-06
edited by Gerald K. McEvoy, Elaine K. Snow, Linda Kester, et al, 2060 pp, paper, $99, ISBN 1-58528-118-2, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2006.
Cannabinoids as Therapeutics
edited by Raphael Mechoulam (Milestones in Drug Therapy), 272 pp, with illus, $179, ISBN 3-7643-7055-6, Basel, Switzerland, Birkhäuser Verlag, New York, NY, Springer, 2005.
Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics
by Joseph T. DiPior, William J. Spruill, William E. Wade, Robert A. Blouin, and Jane M. Pruemer, 4th ed, 230 pp, with illus, paper, $99, ISBN 1-58528-124-7, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2005.
Drug-Induced Diseases: Prevention, Detection, and Management
by James E. Tisdale and Douglas A. Miller, 870 pp, with illus, $94, ISBN 1-58528-086-0, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2006.
Handbook of Institutional Pharmacy Practice
by Thomas R. Brown, 4th ed, 572 pp, with illus, paper, $113, ISBN 1-58528-114-X, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2006.
Imaging in Drug Discovery and Early Clinical Trials
edited by Markus Rudin (Progress in Drug Research, vol 62), 392 pp, with illus, $249, ISBN 3-7643-7157-9, Basel, Switzerland, Birkhäuser Verlag, New York, NY, Springer, 2005.
Medication Safety: A Guide for Health Care Facilities
by Henri R. Manase, Jr, and Kasey K. Thompson, 380 pp, with illus, $69, ISBN 1-58528-089-5, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2005.
St. John's Wort and Its Active Principles in Depression and Anxiety
edited by W. E. Müller (Milestones in Drug Therapy), 188 pp, with illus, $153, ISBN 3-7643-6160-3, Basel, Switzerland, Birkhäuser Verlag, 2005.
Understanding Pharmacy Reimbursement
by F. Randy Vogenberg, 155 pp, with illus, paper, $56, ISBN 1-58528-108-5, Bethesda, Md, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2006.
PsychiatryBipolar Psychopharmacotherapy: Caring for the Patient
edited by Hagop S. Akiskal and Mauricio Tohen, 399 pp, with illus, $89.95, ISBN 0-470-85607-6, Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
The Mind Has Mountains: Reflections on Society and Psychiatry
by Paul R. McHugh, 252 pp, $25, ISBN 0-8018-8249-4, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 (reprinted essays).
Why People Die by Suicide
by Thomas Joiner, 276 pp, $24.95, ISBN 0-674-01901-6, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2005.
ReproductionThe Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception
by Debora L. Spar, 299 pp, $26.95, ISBN 1-59139-620-4, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard Business School Press, 2006.
ResearchClinical Trials: A Practical Guide to Design, Analysis, and Reporting
edited by Dulao Wang and Ameet Bakhai, 480 pp, with illus, paper, $45, ISBN 1-901346-72-2, Chicago, Ill, Remedica, Wilmington, Del, AstraZeneca Cardiovascular, 2006.
Responsible Research: A Guide for Coordinators
edited by Carol A. Fedor, Philip A. Cola, and Christine Pierre, 219 pp, with illus, paper, $35, ISBN 1-901346-68-4, Chicago, Ill, Remedica, 2006.

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