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JAMA. 2006;296(8):1000-1005. doi:10.1001/jama.296.8.1004.
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AnatomyThieme Atlas of Anatomy: Neck and Internal Organs

by Michael Schuenke, Erik Schulte, and Udo Schumacher, with Juergen Rude, illustrations by Markus Voll and Karl Wesker, edited by Lawrence M. Ross and Edward D. Lamperti, 370 pp, with illus, soft cover, $59.95, ISBN-13 978-1-58890-443-0, ISBN-10 1-58890-443-1, Stuttgart, Germany, George Thieme Verlag, New York, NY, Thieme, 2006.
AnesthesiologyQBase Anaesthesia 5: MCQs for the Final FRCA
by Edward Hammond and Andrew McIndoe, includes CD-ROM, 211 pp, paper, $50, ISBN-13 978-0-521-67705-9, ISBN-10 0-521-67705-X, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Biography, MemoirBetween the Dying and the Dead: Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia
by Neal Nicol and Harry Wylie, 273 pp, with illus, $27.95, ISBN-13 978-0-299-21710-8, ISBN-10 0-299-21710-5, Madison, University of Wisconsin Press/Terrace Books, 2006 (“life story, as told to his associates and friends”).
A Personal History of Nuclear Medicine
by Henry N. Wagner, Jr, includes DVD, 299 pp, with illus, $159, ISBN-13 978-1-85233-972-2, ISBN-10 1-85233-972-1, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
CancerThe Biology of Cancer
by Robert A. Weinberg, includes CD-ROM and “Pathways in Human Cancer” companion poster, 864 pp, with illus, $140, ISBN 0-8153-4078-8, paper, $99, ISBN 0-8153-4076-1, New York, NY, Garland Science/Taylor & Francis, 2007.
Prognostic Factors in Cancer
edited by Mary K. Gospodarowicz, Brian O’Sullivan, and Leslie H. Sobin, 3rd ed (International Union Against Cancer), 353 pp, with illus, paper, $79, ISBN-13 978-0-470-03801-7, ISBN-10 0-470-03801-2, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley-Liss, 2006.
Tumors of the Chest: Biology, Diagnosis and Management
edited by Konstantinos N. Syrigos, Chris M. Nutting, and Charis Roussos, 687 pp, with illus, $199, ISBN-13 978-3-540-31039-6, ISBN-10 3-540-31039-8, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
EthicsChildren in Medical Research: Access Versus Protection
by Lainie Friedman Ross (Issues in Biomedical Ethics), 285 pp, $74, ISBN-13 978-0-19-927328-7, ISBN-10 0-19-927328-6, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2006.
Choosing Children: The Ethical Dilemmas of Genetic Intervention
by Jonathan Glover (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics), 120 pp, $15.95, ISBN-13 978-0-19-929092-5, ISBN-10 0-19-929092-X, New York, NY, Clarendon Press/Oxford, 2006.
Cutting to the Core: Exploring the Ethics of Contested Surgeries
edited by David Benatar, 236 pp, $75, ISBN-13 978-0-7425-5000-1, ISBN-10 0-7425-5000-1, paper, $24.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7425-5001-8, ISBN-10 0-7425-5001-X, Lanham, Md, Rowmay & Littlefield, 2006 (considers infant circumcision, female genital cutting, separation of conjoined twins, surgical sex assignment and reassignment, limb and face transplantation, cosmetic surgery, and placebo surgery).
Neonatal Bioethics: The Moral Challenges of Medical Innovation
by John D. Lantos and William L. Meadow, 177 pp, with illus, $35, ISBN-13 978-0-8018-8344-6, ISBN-10 0-8018-8344-X, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.  
Health SystemsAccess to Care, Access to Justice: The Legal Debate Over Private Health Insurance in Canada
edited by Colleen M. Flood, Kent Roach, and Lorne Sossin (conference, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, June 2005), 611 pp, paper, $37.95, ISBN-13 978-0-8020-9420-9, ISBN-10 0-8020-9420-1, Toronto, Ontario, University of Toronto Press, 2006 (Chaoulli v. Quebec [Attorney General]).
The Health Care Mess: How We Got Into It and How We’ll Get Out of It
by Kip Sullivan, new edition, 374 pp, paper, $12.20, ISBN-13 978-1-4208-8551-4, ISBN-10 1-4208-8551-0, Bloomington, Ind, AuthorHouse, 2006.
Health Systems in Transition: Canada
by Gregory P. Marchildon, edited by Sara Allin and Elias Mossialos (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies), 156 pp, with illus, paper, $25, ISBN-13 978-0-8020-9400-1, ISBN-10 0-8020-9400-7, Toronto, Ontario, University of Toronto Press, 2006.
Just Medicare: What's In, What's Out, How We Decide
edited by Colleen M. Flood (National Health Law Conference 2004), 458 pp, $65, ISBN-13 978-0-8020-8002-8, ISBN-10 0-8020-8002-2, Toronto, Ontario, University of Toronto Press, 2006 (Canadian Medicare).
Managing to Nurse: Inside Canada's Health Care Reform
by Janet M. Rankin and Marie L. Campbell, 222 pp, with illus, $55, ISBN-13 978-0-8020-8013-4, ISBN-10 0-8020-8013-8, paper, $27.95, ISBN-13 978-0-8020-3791-6, ISBN-10 0-8020-3791-7, Toronto, Ontario, University of Toronto Press, 2006.
ImmunologyCrash Course: Immunology
by Robert Novak and James Griffin, includes online access and interactive extras, 134 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN-13 978-1-4160-3007-2, ISBN-10 1-4160-3007-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Mosby Elsevier, 2006.
Men's HealthAndrology for the Clinician
edited by Wolf-Bernhard Schill, Frank H. Comhaire, and Timothy B. Hargreave, 645 pp, with illus, $259, ISBN-13 978-3-540-23171-4, ISBN-10 3-540-23171-4, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.  
NeurologyAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
edited by Robert H. Brown, Jr, Michael Swash, and Piera Pasinelli, 2nd ed, 370 pp, with illus, $179.95, ISBN-13 978-1-84184-463-3, ISBN-10 1-84184-463-2, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, Informa Healthcare, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
The Brain: Our Nervous System
by Seymour Simon, 32 pp, with illus, $16.99, ISBN-13 978-0-06-087718-7, ISBN-10 0-06-087718-9, paper, $6.99, ISBN-13 978-0-06-087719-4, ISBN-10 0-06-087719-7, Washington, DC, Smithsonian, New York, NY, Collins, 2006 (for ages 5-9 years).
Clinical Neuroembryology: Development and Developmental Disorders of the Human Central Nervous System
by Hans J. Ten Donkelaar, Martin Lammens, and Akira Hori, illustrated by Marlu de Leeuw and Ad Gruter, 536 pp, with illus, $499, ISBN-13 978-3-540-29140-4, ISBN-10 3-540-29140-7, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Defying Dementia: Understanding and Preventing Alzheimer's and Related Disorders
by Robert Levine, 219 pp, $34.95, ISBN-13 978-0-275-98970-5, ISBN-10 0-275-98970-4, Westport, Conn, Praeger, 2006.
The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience
by Steven Rose, 344 pp, with illus, paper, $16.95, ISBN-13 978-0-19-530893-8, ISBN-10 0-19-530893-X, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Handbook of Stroke
by David O. Wiebers, Valery L. Feigin, and Robert D. Brown, Jr, 2nd ed, 480 pp, with illus, $49.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-8658-4, paper, ISBN-10 0-7817-8648-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
Multiple Sclerosis: Understanding the Cognitive Challenges
by Nicholas LaRocca and Rosalind Kalb with John DeLuca and Lauren Caruso, 152 pp, paper, $19.95, ISBN-13 978-1-932603-31-6, ISBN-10 1-932603-31-X, New York, NY, Demos, 2006 (for patients and families).
Music and the Human Brain: The Lost Hypotheses
by Eliasar A. Simon, 223 pp, with illus, paper, $19.95, ISBN-13 978-0-9769480-1-8, ISBN-10 0-9769480-1-X, Honolulu, Hawaii, Saldoña Books, 2006.
Neurology for the Boards
by James D. Geyer, Janice M. Keating, Daniel C. Potts, and Paul R. Carney, 3rd ed, 377 pp, with illus, paper, $54.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-9404-6, ISBN-10 0-7817-9404-8, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
OphthalmologyGlaucoma
edited by Franz Grehn and Robert Stamper (Essentials in Ophthalmology), 193 pp, with illus, $119, ISBN-13 978-3-540-26220-6, ISBN-10 3-540-26220-2, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Handbook of Pediatric Eye and Systemic Disease
edited by Kenneth W. Wright, Pieter H. Spiegel, and Lisa S. Thompson, illustrated by Timothy C. Hengst, Susan Gilbert, and Faith Cogswell, 642 pp, with illus, paper, $64.95, ISBN-13 978-0-387-27927-5, ISBN-10 0-387-27927-X, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Handbook of Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology
edited by Kenneth W. Wright, Peter H. Spiegel, and Lisa S. Thompson, illustrated by Timothy C. Hengst, Susan Gilbert, and Faith Cogswell, 464 pp, with illus, paper, $64.95, ISBN-13 978-0-387-27929-9, ISBN-10 0-387-27929-6, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Handbook of Pediatric Retinal Disease
edited by Kenneth W. Wright, Peter H. Spiegel, and Lisa S. Thompson, illustrated by Timothy C. Hengst, Susan Gilbert, and Faith Cogswell, 487 pp, with illus, paper, $64.95, ISBN-13 978-0-387-27932-9, ISBN-10 0-387-27932-6, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Visual Development, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Pediatric Patient
by Robert H. Duckman, 480 pp, with illus, paper, $79.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-5288-6, ISBN-10 0-7817-5288-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
Visual Diagnosis in Pediatrics
edited by Esther K. Chung, Julie A. Boom, George A. Datto III, and Paul S. Matz, 504 pp, with illus, $99, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-5652-5, ISBN-10 0-7817-5652-9, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
PediatricsCentral Nervous System Tumours of Childhood
edited by Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis (Clinics in Developmental Medicine, No. 166), 361 pp, with illus, $120, ISBN-13 978-1-8986833-8-4, ISBN-10 1-8986833-8-7, London, England, Mac Keith Press, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Child Honoring: How to Turn This World Around
edited by Raffi Cavoukian and Sharna Olfman, 291 pp, $29.95, ISBN-13 978-0-275-98981-1, ISBN-10 0-275-98981-X, Westport, Conn, Praeger, 2006.
On Call Pediatrics
by James J. Nocton, Rainer G. Gedeit, and the pediatric residents of Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 3rd ed, 452 pp, with illus, paper, $36.95, ISBN-13 978-1-4160-2393-7, ISBN-10 1-4160-2393-3, Philadelphia, Pa, Saunders Elsevier, 2006.

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