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JAMA. 2006;296(5):589-594. doi:10.1001/jama.296.5.593.
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Alcohol and Drug DependenceImplementing Evidence-Based Practices for Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Disorders

edited by Eldon Edmundson, Jr, and Dennis McCarty, 115 pp, $24.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7890-3151-8, ISBN-10 0-7890-3151-5, paper, $16.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7890-3152-5, ISBN-10 0-7890-3152-3, Binghamton, NY, Haworth Medical Press, 2005.
Cardiovascular MedicineClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young
edited by Macdonald Dick II (Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, No. 257), 332 pp, with illus, $169, ISBN-13 978-0-387-29164-2, ISBN-10 0-387-29164-4, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Clinically Relevant Electrocardiography: PQRST and U
by William A. Schiavone, includes CD-ROM, 227 pp, with illus, $112.95, ISBN-13 978-1-55009-342-1, ISBN-10 1-55009-342-8, Hamilton, Ontario, BC Decker, 2006.
Vascular Disease: A Handbook for Nurses
edited by Haytham Al-Khaffaf and Sharon Dorgan, 256 pp, with illus, paper, $39.99, ISBN-13 978-0-521-67451-5, ISBN-10 0-521-67451-4, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Vascular Medicine: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease
edited by Mark A. Creager, Victor J. Dzau, and Joseph Loscalzo, 1000 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN-13 978-0-7216-0284-3, ISBN 0-7216-0284-4, Philadelphia, Pa, Saunders Elsevier, 2006.
You and Your Arrhythmia: A Guide to Heart Rhythm Problems for Patients and Their Families
by John A. Kastor, 143 pp, with illus, paper, $16.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7637-3979-9, ISBN 0-7637-3979-0, Sudbury, Mass, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2006.
EthicsClinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine
by Albert R. Jonsen, Mark Siegler, and William J. Winslade, 6th ed, 227 pp, paper, $29.95, ISBN-13 0-07-144199-5, ISBN 0-07-144199-9, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division, 2006.
Doctors on the Edge: Will Your Doctor Break the Rules for You?
by Frederick R. Abrams, 200 pp, $23.95, ISBN-13 978-1-59181-045-2, ISBN-10 1-59181-045-0, Boulder, Colo, Sentient Publications, 2006 (12 clinical cases described from caregiving physicians' viewpoints, with ethical discussions).
GastroenterologyNetter's Gastroenterology
edited by Martin H. Floch, Kris Kowdley, C. S. Pitchumoni, Neil R. Floch, Raul Rosenthal, and James Scolapio, illustrations by Frank H. Netter, contributing illustrators John A. Craig, Carlos A. G. Machado, Kip Carter, David Mascaro, and Steven Moon, 900 pp, with illus, $93.95, ISBN 1-929007-13-2, Carlstadt, NJ, Icon Learning Systems, 2006.
MiscellaneousBiocapital: The Constitution of Postgenomic Life
by Kaushik Sunder Rajan, 343 pp, $84.95, ISBN 0-8223-3708-8, paper, $23.95, ISBN 0-8223-3720-7, Durham, NC, Duke University Press, 2006 (“multi-sited ethnography of genomic research and drug development marketplaces in the United States and India”).
Electrodynamic Man: Electromagnetic Field Measurements in Biology, Medicine, Hypnosis and Psychiatry
by Leonard J. Ravitz, 268 pp, with illus, $23.95, ISBN-13 978-1-58244-210-5, ISBN-10 1-58244-210-X, Danbury, Conn, Rutledge Books, 2002.
From Silence to Voice: What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public
by Bernice Buresh and Suzanne Gordon, 2nd ed, 296 pp, with illus, paper, $19.95, ISBN-13 978-0-8014-7258-9, ISBN-10 0-8014-7258-X, Ithaca, NY, ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2006.
Scope, vol 13
edited by Ben Cady and Blaine Eubanks, 39 pp, with illus, Springfield, Ill, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, http://edaff.siumed.edu/SCOPE/index.htm, 2006 (artistic and literary medical student periodical).
Surgically Shaping Children: Technology, Ethics, and the Pursuit of Normality
edited by Erik Parens, 274 pp, $50, ISBN-13 978-0-8018-8305-7, ISBN-10 0-8018-8305-9, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
NeurologyDiagnostic Criteria in Neurology
by Alan J. Lerner (Current Clinical Neurology), 227 pp, $99.50, ISBN-13 978-1-58829-482-1, ISBN-10 1-58829-482-X, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2006.
Gene Therapy for Neurological Disorders
edited by Pedro R. Lowenstein and Maria G. Castro, 354 pp, with illus, $179.95, ISBN-13 978-0-8247-2847-2, ISBN-10 0-8247-2847-5, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Life After Stroke: The Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke
by Joel Stein, Julie Silver, and Elizabeth Pegg Frates, 337 pp, with illus, $45, ISBN-10 0-8018-8363-6, paper, ISBN-13 978-0-8018-8364-4, $18.95, ISBN-10 0-8018-8364-4, Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Migraine and Other Headache Disorders
edited by Richard B. Lipton and Marcelo E. Bigal (Neurological Disease and Therapy, No. 85), 529 pp, with illus, $199.95, ISBN-13 978-0-8493-3695-9, ISBN-10 0-8493-3695-3, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, Informa Healthcare, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Sleep Disorders in Women: A Guide to Practical Management
edited by Hrayr P. Attarian (Current Clinical Neurology), 272 pp, with illus, $89.50, ISBN-13 978-1-58829-592-7, ISBN-10 1-58829-592-3, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2006.
Obstetrics-GynecologyManagement of the Perimenopause
by James H. Liu and Margery L. S. Gass (Practical Pathways in Obstetrics and Gynecology), 531 pp, with illus, $59.95, ISBN-13 978-0-07-142281-9, ISBN-10 0-07-142281-1, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division, 2006.
Urogynecology and Female Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery: Just the Facts
by Sam Siddighi and Jeffrey S. Hardesty, 368 pp, paper, $69.95, ISBN-13 978-0-07-144799-7, ISBN-10 0-07-144799-7, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division, 2006.
OphthalmologyCornea Atlas
by Jay H. Krachmer and David A. Palay, 2nd ed, includes CD-ROM image bank, 370 pp, with illus, $229, ISBN-13 978-0-3230-3962-8, ISBN-10 0-3230-3962-6, Philadelphia, Pa, Mosby Elsevier, 2006.
Tele-ophthalmology
edited by Kanagasingam Yogesan, Sajeesh Kumar, Leonard Goldschmidt, and Jorge Cuadros, 306 pp, with illus, $129, ISBN-13 978-3-540-24337-3, ISBN-10 3-540-24337-2, New York, NY, Springer, 2006.
Wills Eye Video Atlas of Ocular Surgery
by Derek Y. Kunimoto, six DVDs and 42-page illustrated ring-bound guide, $339, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-5977-9, ISBN-10 0-7817-5977-3, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
PsychiatryBipolar Depression: A Comprehensive Guide
edited by Rif S. El-Mallakh and S. Nassir Ghaemi, 269 pp, paper, $46, ISBN-13 978-1-58562-171-2, ISBN-10 1-58562-171-4, Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Publishing, 2006.
Family Behavioral Issues in Health and Illness
by J. LeBron McBride (Haworth Marriage and Family Therapy), 83 pp, $29.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7890-2943-0, ISBN-10 0-7890-2943-X, paper, $19.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7890-2944-7, ISBN-10 0-7890-2944-8, Binghamton, NY, Haworth Press, 2006.
Healing Psychiatry: Bridging the Science/Humanism Divide
by David H. Brendel, 178 pp, $26, ISBN-13 978-0-262-02594-2, ISBN-10 0-262-02594-9, Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press, 2006.
Insight in Psychiatry
by Ivana S. Marková, 329 pp, $90, ISBN-13 978-0-521-82518-4, ISBN-10 0-521-82518-0, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Principles and Practice of Psychopharmacotherapy
by Philip G. Janicak, John M. Davis, Sheldon H. Preskorn, Frank J. Ayd, Jr, Stephen R. Marder, and Mani N. Pavuluri, 4th ed, 686 pp, with illus, $149, ISBN-13 978-0-7817-6057-7, ISBN-10 0-7817-6057-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006.
Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy and the Postpartum: Principles and Treatment
edited by Victoria Hendrick (Current Clinical Practice), 241 pp, $89.50, ISBN-13 978-1-58829-486-9, ISBN-10 1-58829-486-2, Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2006.
Quick Reference to the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: Compendium 2006
297 pp, paper, $36.95, ISBN-13 978-0-89042-382-0, ISBN-10 0-89042-382-2, Arlington, Va, American Psychiatric Association, 2006.
Public HealthBioterrorism Preparedness: Medicine, Public Health, Policy
edited by Nancy Khardori, 261 pp, with illus, $165, ISBN-13 978-3-527-31235-1, ISBN-10 3-527-31235-8, Hoboken, NJ, Wiley-VCH, 2006.
Encyclopedia of Terrorist, Natural, and Man-Made Disasters
by Michael I. Greenberg, includes CD-ROM, 295 pp, $44.95, ISBN-13 978-0-7637-3782-5, ISBN-10 0-7637-3782-8, Sudbury, Mass, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2006.
Methods in Social Epidemiology
by J. Michael Oakes and Jay S. Kaufman, 478 pp, with illus, $65, ISBN-13 978-0-7879-7989-8, ISBN-10 0-7879-7989-9, San Francisco, Calif, Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2006.
Pulmonology-RespirologyLung and Heart-Lung Transplantation
edited by Joseph P. Lynch III and David J. Ross (Lung Biology in Health and Disease, vol 217), 947 pp, with illus, $199.95, ISBN-13 978-0-8493-3717-8, ISBN-10 0-8493-3717-8, New York, NY, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation
by Martin J. Tobin, 2nd ed, 1442 pp, with illus, $189.95, ISBN-13 978-0-07-144767-9, ISBN 0-07-144767-6, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division, 2006.

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