Books Received

Aging

Handbook on Ethical Issues in Aging. Tanya Fusco Johnson, ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. 432 pp. $95.00 cloth.

AIDS

How to Have Theory in an Epidemic: Cultural Chronicles of AIDS. Paula A. Treichler. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1999. 488 pp. $64.95 cloth; $22.95 paper.

Comparative Studies of Health Care Delivery, Politics, and Policy

Health Care and Cost Containment in the European Union. Elias Mossialos and Julian LeGrand, eds. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 1999. 807 pp. $105.95 cloth.

The Making and Meaning of Hospital Policy in the United States and Canada. Terry Boychuk. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999. 194 pp. $42.50 cloth.

Economics and Finance

Cost-Effectiveness of Psychotherapy: A Guide for Practitioners, Researchers, and Policymakers. Nancy E. Miller and Kathryn M. Magruder, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 384 pp. $55.00 cloth.

Measuring the Prices of Medical Treatments. Jack E. Triplett, ed. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1999. 350 pp. $54.95 cloth; $22.95 paper.

Health Care Delivery

Extending the Boundaries of Care: Medical Ethics and Caring Practices. Tamara Kohn and Rosemary McKechnie, eds. New York: Berg, 1999. 256 pp. $65.00 cloth; $19.50 paper.

Introduction to Healthcare Delivery Organizations: Functions and Management. 4th ed. Robert M. Sloane, Beverly LeBov Sloane, and Richard K. Harder. Chicago, IL: Health Administration, 1999. 223 pp. $45.00 cloth.

Profiting from Quality: Outcomes Strategies for Medical Practice. Steven F. Isenberg and Richard E. Gliklich, eds. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999. 239 pp. $49.95 cloth.

Raising Standards in American Health Care: Best People, Best Practices, Best Results. V. Clayton Sherman. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999. 356 pp. $42.95 cloth.

Status One: Breakthroughs in High Risk Population Health Management. Samuel Forman and Matthew Kelliher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999. 251 pp. $43.95 cloth.

Where's the Evidence? Debates in Modern Medicine. William A. Silverman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 274 pp. $32.50 paper.

History and Humanities

Blood Saga: Hemophilia, AIDS, and the Survival of a Community. Susan Resnik. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. 294 pp. $29.95 cloth.

Medicating Schizophrenia: A History. Sheldon Gelman. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1999. 288 pp. $52.00 cloth; $23.00 paper.

On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death. Jean Améry. John D. Barlow, trans. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999. 216 pp. $19.95 cloth.

Patients and Doctors: Life-Changing Stories from Primary Care. Jeffrey Borkan et al., eds. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1999. 233 pp. $24.95 cloth.

Law and Ethics

Ethics and Community in the Health Care Professions. Michael Parker, ed. New York: Routledge, 1999. 217 pp. $75.00 cloth; $24.99 paper.

Ethics and Values in Health Care Management. Souzy Dracopoulou, ed. New York: Routledge, 1998. 212 pp. $65.00 cloth; $24.99 paper.

General Practice and Ethics: Uncertainty and Responsibility. Christopher Dowrick and Lucy Frith, eds. New York: Routledge, 1999. 206 pp. $75.00 cloth; $24.99 paper.

Healthcare Law and Ethics: Issues for the Age of Managed Care. Dean M. Harris. Chicago: Health Administration, 1999. 330 pp. $52.00 cloth.

The Law and the Public's Health. 5th ed. Kenneth R. Wing. Chicago: Health Administration, 1999. 358 pp. $56.00 cloth.

Medical Records Review and Analysis. Charles C. Sharpe. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999. 224 pp. $65.00 cloth.

Medical Sociology

Risk, Health, and Welfare: Policies, Strategies, and Practice. Andy Alaszewski, Larry Harrison, and Jill Manthorpe, eds. Philadelphia: Open University Press, 1998. 174 pp. $85.00 cloth; $27.95 paper.

Politics and Policy

Abortion in the Developing World. Axel I. Mundigo and Cynthia Indriso, eds. New York: Zed, 1999. 498 pp. $69.95 cloth; $29.95 paper.

Crossing the Border: Encounters between Homeless People and Outreach Workers. Michael Rowe. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. 206 pp. $45.00 cloth; $17.95 paper.

The Economic Analysis of Substance Use and Abuse: An Integration of Econometric and Behavioral Economic Research. Frank J. Chaloupka et al., eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. 394 pp. $53.00 cloth.

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