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JAMA. 2007;297(3):317-321. doi:10.1001/jama.297.3.321.
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AnesthesiologyGeriatric Anesthesia

by Frederick Sieber, 370 pp, with illus, $99.95, ISBN-13 978-0-07-146308-9, ISBN-10 0-07-146308-9, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing, 2007.
Handbook of Neuroanesthesia
by Philippa Newfield and James E. Cottrell, 4th ed, 466 pp, with illus, paper, $49.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-6245-8, ISBN-10 0-7817-6245-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
CancerMinimally Invasive Tumor Therapies
edited by C. Stroszczynski (Recent Results in Cancer Research), 146 pp, with illus, $89.95, ISBN-13 978-3-540-28136-8, ISBN-10 3-540-28136-3, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
CardiologyMastering Endovascular Techniques: A Guide to Excellence
by Peter Lanzer, 460 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN-13 978-1-5825-5967-4, ISBN-10 1-5825-5967-8, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
Critical CareThe ICU Book
by Paul L. Marino, 3rd ed, 1065 pp, with illus, paper, $74.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-4802-5, ISBN-10 0-7817-4802-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
Emergency MedicineBlueprints Clinical Cases in Emergency Medicine
by Christine Tsien Silvers, Michael R. Filbin, and Aaron B. Caughey, 2nd ed, 486 pp, with illus, paper, $29.95, ISBN-13 978-1-4051-0497-5, ISBN-10 1-4051-0497-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
HistoryThe First Miracle Drugs: How the Sulfa Drugs Transformed Medicine
by John E. Lesch, 364 pp, with illus, $59.50, ISBN-13 978-0-19-518775-5, ISBN-10 0-19-518775-X, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Foundations of Excellence: 75 Years of Duke Medicine
by Walter E. Campbell, edited by Maura High, 462 pp, with illus, $39.95, ISBN-13 978-0-96729464-3, ISBN-10 0-96628464-9, Durham, NC, Duke University Medical Center Library, 2006.
HIVThe Guide to Living With HIV Infection
by John G. Bartlett and Ann K. Finkbeiner, 6th ed, 396 pp, $50, ISBN 0-8018-8485-3, paper, $19.95, ISBN 0-8018-8486-1, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
MedicineMedical Management of the Surgical Patient: A Textbook of Perioperative Medicine
edited by Michael F. Lubin, Robert B. Smith III, Thomas F. Dodson, Nathan O. Spell, and H. Kenneth Walker, 4th ed, 813 pp, $150, ISBN-13 978-0-521-82800-0, ISBN-10 0-521-82800-7, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem
edited by Harvey R. Colten, Francois M. Abboud, and Gene D. Bloc, et al (Committee on Sleep Medicine and Research), 404 pp, with illus, $48.95, ISBN-13 978-0-309-10111-0, ISBN-10 0-309-10111-5, Washington, DC, National Academies Press, full text available at http://www.nap.edu, 2006.
Men's HealthMen: Evolutionary and Life History
by Richard G. Bribiescas, 306 pp, with illus, $28.95, ISBN-13 978-067402293-5, ISBN-10 067402293-9, Cambridge, Mass, Harvard University Press, 2006.
Textbook of Men's Mental Health
edited by Jon E. Grant and Marc N. Potenza, 452 pp, $75, ISBN-13 978-1-58562-215-3, ISBN-10 1-58562-215-X, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2007.
MiscellaneousPrions: The New Biology of Proteins
by Claudio Soto, 167 pp, with illus, $129.95, ISBN-13 978-0-8493-1449-1, ISBN-10 0-8493-1449-9, Boca Raton, Fla, CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Radical Recovery: A Manifesto of Eating Disorder Pride
by Chris Kraatz, 133 pp, paper, $27, ISBN-13 978-0-7618-3473-1, ISBN-10 0-7618-3473-7, Lanham, Md, University Press of America, 2006.
Molecular MedicineAngiogenesis: From Basic Science to Clinical Applications
edited by Napoleone Ferrara, 280 pp, with illus, $149.95, ISBN-13 978-0-8493-2844-2, ISBN-10 0-8493-2844-6, Boca Raton, Fla, CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2007.
Circulating Nucleic Acids in Plasma and Serum IV
edited by R. Swaminathan, Asif Butt, and Peter Gahan (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol 1075; symposium, London, England, September 2005), 353 pp, with illus, paper, $125, ISBN-13 978-1-57331-627-9, ISBN-10 1-57331-627-X, Malden, Mass, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
NeurologyMerritt's Neurology Handbook
by Pietro Mazzoni, Toni Shih Pearson, and Lewis P. Rowland, 2nd ed, 708 pp, paper, $59.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-6270-0, ISBN-10 0-7817-6270-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
Oxidative Stress and Neuroprotection
edited by H. Parvez and P. Riederer (Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplement 71), 264 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN-13 978-3-211-33327-3, ISBN-10 3-211-33327-4, New York, NY, SpringerWienNewYork, 2006.
Obstetrics-GynecologyPessaries in Clinical Practice
edited by Scott A. Farrell, 98 pp, with illus, paper, $39.95, ISBN-13 978-1-84628-163-1, ISBN-10 1-84628-163-6, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
OphthalmologyCataract and Refractive Surgery
edited by Thomas Kohnen and Douglas D. Koch (Essentials in Ophthalmology) 177 pp, with illus, $119, ISBN-13 978-3-540-30795-2, ISBN-10 3-540-30795-8, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Pharmacology-TherapeuticsMedication Treatments for Nicotine Dependence
edited by Tony P. George, 327 pp, with illus, $139.95, ISBN-13 978-0-8493-3779-6, ISBN-10 0-8493-3779-8, Boca Raton, Fla, CRC/Taylor & Francis, 2007.
PsychiatryChild and Adolescent Psychiatry
by Dorothy Stubbe (Practical Guides in Psychiatry), 283 pp, paper, $39.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-7831-2, ISBN-10 0-7817-7831-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
Essentials of Psychosomatic Medicine
by James L. Levenson, 590 pp, paper, $85, ISBN-13 978-1-58562-246-7, ISBN-10 1-58562-246-X, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2007.
Understanding Anger Disorders
by Raymond DiGiuseppe and Raymond Chip Tafrate, 418 pp, with illus, $49.95, ISBN-13 978-0-19-517079-5, ISBN-10 0-19-517079-2, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2007.
Radiation TherapyTreatment Planning in Radiation Oncology
edited by Faiz M. Khan, 2nd ed, 527 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-8541-9, ISBN-10 0-7817-8541-3, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
RehabilitationJohnson's Practical Electromyography
by William S. Pease, Henry L. Lew, and Ernest W. Johnson, 4th ed, includes DVD-ROM with wave-form video EMG studies, 452 pp, with illus, $119, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-5285-5, ISBN-10 0-7817-5285-X, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007.
ResearchConducting Clinical Research: A Practical Guide for Physicians, Nurses, Study Coordinators, and Investigators
by Judy Stone, 427 pp, with illus, paper, $69.95, ISBN-13 978-0-974917-80-1, ISBN-10 0-974917-80-X, Cumberland, Md, Mountainside MD Press, 2006.

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