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-mailJournalBooks@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.

Armstrong EM. Conceiving risk bearing responsibility: fetal alcohol syndrome and diagnosis of moral disorder. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

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

Boychuk GW. National health insurance in the United States and Canada; race, territory, and the roots of difference. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2008. (Received at JHCPU Jan. 2009)

Chesney J, Smitherman H, Taueg C, et al. Taking care of the uninsured: a path to reform. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press.

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.

Geyman J. Do not resuscitate: why the health insurance industry is dying and how we must replace it. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2008.

Gostin L. Public health law: power, duty, restraint. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 2008.

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. Informing the future: critical issues in health (4th ed.). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007.

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

Lovett L. Conceiving the future; pronatalism, reproduction, and the family in the United States, 1890–1938. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2007.

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

Pruchno RA, Smyer MA, eds. Challenges of an aging society: ethical dilemmas, political issues. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Shannon TA, Faso CN. A guide to withdrawing life support: let them go free. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2007. (Received at JHCPU Jan. 2009)

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

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)

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)

Weimer DL, Vining AR, eds. Investing in the disadvantaged: assessing the benefits and the costs of social policies. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2009. (Received at JHCPU May 2009)