Books Recently Received

Following is a list of books that have recently become available for review. We welcome readers with suitable expertise to serve as reviewers. If one of these titles interests you, please e-mail JournalBooks@mmc.edu, telling us you would like to review it and briefly explaining your interest. If you know of a book that would be suitable for review in JHCPU that we have not listed on this page (or in past issues), please let us know that as well. Thank you in advance for your help. We welcome review copies from publishers of books in the area of health and health care for underserved populations, especially in the United States. Publishers are asked to send two review copies.

Abraham T. Twenty-first century plague: the story of sars. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Beyrer C, Pizer HF, eds. Public health and human rights; evidence-based approaches. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Brennan VM, ed. Natural disasters and public health: Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Jul. 2009)

Callahan D. Taming the beloved beast: how medical technology costs are destroying our health care system. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Aug. 2009)

Frank R, Glied S. Better but not well: mental health policy in the United States since 1950. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Greene JA. Prescribing by numbers: drugs and the definition of disease. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Hemenway D. While we were sleeping: success stories in injury and violence prevention. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU May 2009)

Institute of Medicine. A review of the HHS family planning program: mission, management, and measurement of results. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Aug. 2009)

Institute of Medicine. The future of disability in America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007.

Palfrey J. Child health in America: making a difference through advocacy. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Parmet WE. Populations, public health and the law. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Jul. 2009)

Penner DR, Ferdinand KC. Overcoming Katrina: African American voices from the Crescent City and beyond. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Aug. 2009)

Picard A. Making the American mouth: dentists and public health in the twentieth century. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Jul. 2009)

Rich JA. Wrong place wrong time: trauma and violence in the lives of young Black men. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Nov. 2009)

Rife JP, Dellapenna AJ Jr. Caring and curing: a history of the Indian health service. Landover, MD: PHS Commissioner Officers Foundation for the Advancement of Public Health, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Oct. 2009)

Rouse CM. Uncertain suffering: racial health care disparities and sickle cell disease. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Jul. 2009)

Sicherer S. Understanding and managing your child's food allergies. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Solimeo S. With shaking hands: aging with Parkinson's disease in America's heartland. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Jul. 2009)

Sommer A. Getting what we deserve: health and medical care in America. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Oct. 2009)

Sun AP. Helping substance-abusing women of vulnerable populations: effective treatment principles and strategies. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU May 2009)

Switzer JV. Disabled rights: American disability policy and the fight for equality. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003. (Received at JHCPU Jan. 2009)

Szabo J. Incurable and intolerable: chronic disease and slow death in nineteenth-century France. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Jul. 2009)

Ward F. On duty: power, politics, and the history of nursing in New Jersey. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU May 2009)