Book Listings

The following materials were received for review from 1 March to 30 April 1999 by Doody Publishing, a book review service based in Chicago.

Cardiology

Cardiology

7th edition. DG Julian, JC Cowan, and JM McLenachan. 425 pages. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1998. $36.00. ISBN 070202211X. Order phone 800-545-2522.

Clinical Trials in Cardiovascular Disease: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease

CH Hennekens; ed. 472 pages. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1999. $130.00. ISBN 0721668674. Order phone 800-545-2522.

Efficacy of Myocardial Infarction Therapy: An Evaluation of Clinical Trials Evidence

IS Nash and V Fuster; eds. 493 pages. New York: Marcel Dekker; 1999. $195.00. ISBN 0824719328. Order phone 800-228-1160.

Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors in Cardiovas-cular Disease

AM Lincoff and EJ Topol; eds. 368 pages. Totowa, NJ: Humana; 1999. $125.00. ISBN 0896037274. Order phone 973-256-1699.

Valvular Heart Disease

CM Otto; ed. 468 pages. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1999. $115.00. ISBN 072167139X. Order phone 800-545-2522.

Critical Care

Near Misses in Pulmonary and Cardiothoracic Critical Care

J Varon, GL Walsh, and RE Fromm Jr; eds. 120 pages. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann; 1999. $28.00. ISBN 0750671173. Order phone 800-366-2665.

Shock, Sepsis, and Organ Failure: Scavenging of Nitric Oxide and Inhibition of Its Production

G Schlag and H Redl; eds. 293 pages. New York: Springer-Verlag; 1999. $132.00. ISBN 3540645446. Order phone 800-777-4643.

Dermatology

Drug Eruption Reference Manual 1999

JZ Litt. 588 pages. New York: Parthenon; 1999. $120.00. ISBN 1850700761. Order phone 800-735-4744.

Hemangiomas and Vascular Malformations of the Head and Neck

M Waner and JY Suen; eds. 396 pages. New York: J Wiley; 1999. $199.00. ISBN 0471175978. Order phone 800-879-4539.

Skin Diseases in Clinical Practice

2nd edition. K Bork and W Brauninger. 268 pages. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1998. $95.00. ISBN 0721674801. Order phone 800-545-2522.

Environmental Medicine

Environmental Health for All: Risk Assessment and Risk Communication for National Environmental Health Action Plans

DJ Briggs, R Stern, and TL Tinker; eds. 278 pages. Boston: Kluwer; 1999. $129.00. ISBN 0792354524. Order phone 781-871-6600.

Epidemiology

Epidemiology for Public Health Practice

2nd edition. RH Friis and TA Sellers. 506 pages. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen; 1999. $45.00. ISBN 0834211785. Order phone 301-417-7500.

Ethics

Advance Directives and Surrogate Decision Making in Health Care: United States, Germany, and Japan

H Sass, RM Veatch, and R Kimura; eds. 311 pages. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr; 1998. $48.00. ISBN 0801858313. Order phone 410-516-6956.

Beyond Regulations: Ethics in Human Subjects Research

NM King, GE Henderson, and J Stein; eds. 279 pages. Chapel Hill, NC: Univ of North Carolina Pr; 1999. $19.00. ISBN 0807847704. Order phone 919-966-3561.

The Definition of Death: Contemporary Controversies

SJ Youngner, RM Arnold, and R Schapiro; eds. 346 pages. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins …

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