0
November 15, 2006, Vol 296, No. 19 >

Full Content is available to subscribers

Subscribe/Learn More
Book and Media Reviews | November 15, 2006

JAMA. 2006;296(19):2379-2384. doi:10.1001/jama.296.19.2384.
Text Size: A A A
Published online
Article

Extract

EducationBlind Man's Marathon: A Journey Through the Third Year of Medical School

by Steven Hatch, 306 pp, paper, $17.95, ISBN-13 978-1-59594-038-4, ISBN-10 1-59594-038-3, Livermore, Calif, WingSpan Press, 2005.
Clinical Vignettes for the USMLE Step 2 CK: The Right Questions for the Right Answers
4th ed (PreTest), 339 pp, with illus, paper, $24.95, ISBN-13 978-0-07-146403-1, ISBN-10 0-07-146403-4, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division, 2006.
First Aid Cases for the USMLE Step 1
by Tao Le, Kendall Krause, Joshua Klein, and Anil Shivaram, 344 pp, with illus, paper, $34.95, ISBN-13 978-0-07-146410-9, ISBN-10 0-07-146410-7, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division, 2006.
EndocrinologyClinical Diabetes: Translating Research Into Practice
by Vivian A. Fonseca, includes CD-ROM, 661 pp, with illus, $89, ISBN-13 978-1-4160-0273-4, ISBN-10 1-4160-0273-1, Philadelphia, Pa, Saunders Elsevier, 2006.
GastroenterologyBarrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
edited by Prateek Sharma and Richard Sampliner, 2nd ed, 300 pp, with illus, $149.95, ISBN-13 978-1-4051-2786-8, ISBN-10 1-4051-2786-4, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
Clinical Dilemmas in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
edited by Peter Irving, David Rampton, and Fergus Shanahan, 284 pp, with illus, paper, $59.95, ISBN-13 978-1-4051-3377-7, ISBN-10 1-4051-3377-5, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
HistoryMass Mediated Disease: A Case Study Analysis of Three Flu Pandemics and Public Health Policy
by Debra E. Blakely, 189 pp, $65, ISBN-13 978-0-7391-1387-5, ISBN-10 0-7391-1387-9, Lanham, Md, Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 (examines media coverage of the 1918, 1957, and 1968 pandemics and its influence on public policy).
ImagingAtlas of Ultrasound Measurements
by Barry B. Goldberg and John P. McGahan, 2nd ed, 481 pp, with illus, $110, ISBN-13 978-0-323-03229-2, ISBN-10 0-323-03229-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Mosby Elsevier, 2006.
Digital (R)Evolution in Radiology: Bridging the Future of Health Care
edited by Walter Hruby, 2nd ed, 379 pp, with illus, $199, ISBN-13 978-3-211-20815-1, ISBN-10 3-211-20815-1, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
How Does MRI Work? An Introduction to the Physics and Function of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
by Dominik Weishaupt, Victor D. Köchli, and Borut Marincek, 2nd ed, 169 pp, with illus, paper, $39.95, ISBN-13 978-3-540-30067-0, ISBN-10 3-540-30067-8, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Obstetrics-GynecologyAtlas of Pelvic Anatomy and Gynecologic Surgery
by Michael S. Bagish and Mickey M. Karram, illustrated by Joe Chovan, 2nd ed, 1171 pp, with illus, $259, ISBN-13 978-0-7216-3899-7, ISBN-10 0-7216-3899-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Saunders Elsevier, 2006.
Case Files: Obstetrics and Gynecology
by Eugene C. Toy, Benton Baker III, Patti Jayne Ross, and Larry C. Gilstrap III, 2nd ed, 414 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN-13 978-0-07-146301-0, ISBN-10 0-07-146301-1, New York, NY, Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Clinical Gynecology
edited by Eric J. Bieber, Joseph S. Sanfilippo, and Ira R. Horowitz, 1003 pp, with illus, $139, ISBN-13 978-0-443-06691-7, ISBN-10 0-443-06691-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2006.
PathologyBreast Pathology
by Frances P. O’Malley and Sarah E. Pinder (Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology), 328 pp, with illus, $139, ISBN-13 978-0-443-06680-1, ISBN-10 0-443-06680-9, Philadelphia, Pa, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2006.
Endocrine Pathology
by Lester D. R. Thompson (Foundations in Diagnostic Pathology), 373 pp, with illus, $139, ISBN-13 978-0-443-06685-6, ISBN-10 0-443-06685-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2006.
Katzenstein and Askin's Surgical Pathology of Non-Neoplastic Lung Disease
edited by Anna-Luise A. Katzenstein, 4th ed (Major Problems in Pathology, No. 13), 503 pp, with illus, $135, ISBN-13 978-0-7216-0041-3, ISBN-10 0-7216-0041-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Saunders Elsevier, 2006.
PediatricsCase Files: Pediatrics
by Eugene C. Toy, Robert J. Yetman, and Rebecca G. Girardet, et al, 2nd ed, 488 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN-13 978-0-07-146302-7, ISBN-10 0-07-146302-X, New York, NY, Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2007.
First Aid for the Pediatric Boards: A Resident-to-Resident Guide
by Tao Le, Wilbur Lam, Shervin Rabizadeh, Alan Schroeder, and Kimberly Vera, 607 pp, with illus, paper, $79.95, ISBN-13 978-0-07-142167-6, ISBN-10 0-07-142167-X, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division, 2006.
Safe and Healthy School Environments
edited by Howard Frumkin, Robert Geller, and I. Leslie Rubin with Janice Nodvin, 462 pp, with illus, $89.50, ISBN-13 978-0-19-517947-7, ISBN-10 0-19-517947-1, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2006.
PsychiatryAn Anthology of Psychiatric Ethics
edited by Stephen A. Green and Sidney Bloch, 498 pp, $198.50, ISBN-13 978-0-19-856-487-4, ISBN-10 0-19-856-487-2, paper, $79.50, ISBN-13 978-0-19-856-488-1, ISBN-10 0-19-856-488-0, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2006.
APA Dictionary of Psychology
edited by Gary R. VandenBos, 1024 pp, $49.95, members $39.95, ISBN-13 978-1-59147-380-0, ISBN-10 1-59147-380-2, Washington, DC, American Psychological Association, 2007.
Case Files: Psychiatry
by Eugene C. Toy and Debra Klamen, 2nd ed, 464 pp, paper, $29.95, ISBN-13 978-0-07-146282-2, ISBN-10 0-07-146282-1, New York, NY, Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Essentials of Psychiatry
edited by Jerald Kay and Allan Tasman, 1078 pp, with illus, paper, $100, ISBN-13 978-0-470-01854-5, ISBN-10 0-470-01854-2, Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.
Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Decade of Progress
edited by Rachel Yehuda (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol 1071, conference, September 2005, New York, NY), 549 pp, with illus, paper, $140, ISBN-13 978-1-57331-619-4, ISBN-10 1-57331-619-9, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
Social Inclusion of People With Mental Illness
by Julian Leff and Richard Warner, 192 pp, paper, $55, ISBN-13 978-0-521-61536-5, ISBN-10 0-521-61536-4, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Public HealthAmericans at Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Can Do Now
by Irwin Redlener, 273 pp, $24, ISBN-13 978-0-307-26526-5, ISBN-10 0-307-26526-9, New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
The Economics of Infectious Disease
edited by Jennifer A. Roberts, 386 pp, with illus, $110, ISBN-13 978-0-19-851621-7, ISBN-10 0-19-851621-5, paper, $57.50, ISBN-13 978-0-19-851622-4, ISBN-10 0-19-851622-3, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2006.
Handbook of Biosurveillance
edited by Michael M. Wagner, Andrew W. Moore, and Ron M. Aryel, 605 pp, with illus, $99.95, ISBN-13 978-0-12-369378-5, ISBN-10 0-12-369378-0, Burlington, Mass, Elsevier Academic Press, 2006.
UrologyMale Sexual Function: A Guide to Clinical Management
edited by John J. Mulcahy, 2nd ed (Current Clinical Urology), 494 pp, with illus, $165, ISBN-13 978-1-58829-747-1, ISBN-10 1-58829-747-0, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2006.
Pelvic Dysfunction in Men: Diagnosis and Treatment of Male Incontinence and Erectile Dysfunction
by Grace Dorey (Wiley Series in Nursing), 221 pp, with illus, paper, $50, ISBN-13 978-0-470-02836-X, ISBN-10 0-470-02836-0, Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, 2006.

Topics

Sign In to Access Full Content

Don't have Access?

Register and get free email Table of Contents alerts, saved searches, PowerPoint downloads, CME quizzes, and more

Subscribe for full-text access to content from 1998 forward and a host of useful features

Activate your current subscription (AMA members and current subscribers)

Purchase Online Access to this article for 24 hours

First Page Preview

View Large
First page PDF preview

Figures

Tables

Interactive Graphics

Video

Country-Specific Mortality and Growth Failure in Infancy and Yound Children and Association With Material Stature

Use interactive graphics and maps to view and sort country-specific infant and early dhildhood mortality and growth failure data and their association with maternal

References

Letters

Submit a Letter
CME
Accreditation Information
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AMA designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM per course. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physicians who complete the CME course and score at least 80% correct on the quiz are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.
Note: You must get at least of the answers correct to pass this quiz.
Clear Answers | Save For Later
You have not filled in all the answers to complete this quiz
The following questions were not answered:
Sorry, you have unsuccessfully completed this CME quiz with a score of
The following questions were not answered correctly:
Commitment to Change (optional):
Indicate what change(s) you will implement in your practice, if any, based on this CME course.
Your quiz results:
The filled radio buttons indicate your responses. The preferred responses are highlighted
For CME Course: A Proposed Model for Initial Assessment and Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
Indicate what changes(s) you will implement in your practice, if any, based on this CME course.
NOTE:
Citing articles are presented as examples only. In non-demo SCM6 implementation, integration with CrossRef’s “Cited By” API will populate this tab (http://www.crossref.org/citedby.html).
Compression-Only CPR: Pushing the Science Forward
Cone
AAM 2010;304:1493-1495.
All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ 2010;341:c5893-c1494.
Submit a Response

Some tools below are only available to our subscribers or users with an online account.

Sign In to Access Full Content

Related Content

Customize your page view by dragging & repositioning the boxes below.

Jobs

More Listings at
JAMACareerCenter.com >

© 2013 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
Powered bySilverchair Information Systems