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ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW BOOKS Biomedical Scientists and Public Policy. Edited by H. Hugh Fudenberg and Vijaya L. Melnick. New York: Plenum Publishing, 1978. Pp. 260. Illus. Index. $17.95. This volume explores the reciprocal relationship between biomedical professionals and those who influence national health care policy. Questions of health funding, medical consumerism, the implications of overspecialization, the place of minorities in the medical establishment, and genetic research are among the issues examined. Combating the #1 Killer: The Science Report on Heart Research. ByJean L. Marx and Gina Bari Kolata. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1978. Pp. xii+212. Illus. Bibliog. Glossary. Index. $17.00 (cloth); $7.50 (paper). Through interviews with leading health researchers, this report investigates current efforts in the epidemiology of heart disease—its diagnosis and treatment . Evolutionary Biology, vol. 11. Edited by Max K. Hecht, William C. Steere, and Bruce Wallace. New York: Plenum Publishing, 1978. Pp. 681. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $42.50. "Evolutionary Biology has managed to remain one of the more relevant and useful of the various series of Advances, Progresses, and Reviews that are published nowadays."—RJ. Berry, Annah of Human Biology. This brilliant and widely acclaimed series offers critical reviews, commentaries, and original papers by leading experts in life science. Health Care: Regulation, Economics, Ethics, Practice. Edited by Philip H. Abelson. Washington, D.C.: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1978. Pp. iv+268. Illus. Index. $14.00 (cloth); $6.00 (paper). Collection of articles from Science magazine on various aspects of health maintenance . Topics include preventive medicine, government regulations of health field, medical practices and ethics, health insurance, medical research, health care for the elderly, etc. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine ¦ Summer 1979 ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW BOOKS Limits ofMedicine: The Doctor'sJob in the Coming Era. Edited by Stewart G. Wolf and Beatrice Bishop Berle. New York: Plenum Publishing, 1978. Pp. 168. Bibliog. Index. $22.50. This work reports on a unique, wide-ranging dialogue on a most pressing, current problem: health care. In it, health care professionals engage in a provocative and energetic exchange of ideas. Separate chapters deal with the doctor's role in the evolution of modern society, ways of striking a balance between society's needs and its expectations and resources, the doctor's duty from the patient's viewpoint, the fresh challenges in medical education, and a glimpse at how health care professionals may shape the future. Molecular Neurobiology of the Mammalian Brain. By Patrick L. McGeer, Sir John C. Eccles, and Edith G. McGeer. New York: Plenum Publishing, 1978. Pp. 668. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $37.50 (cloth); $14.95 (paper). Integrating information from every major field related to neuroscience, this volume covers the architecture of neurons and their methods of signaling, chemical transmitters and their interaction with drugs, and specific applications of basic information for explaining aspects of brain function. Pouonous and Venomous Marine Animah ofthe World, revised, vol. 1. By Bruce W. Halstead. Edited by Linda G. Halstead. Princeton, N.J.: Darwin Press, July 1978. Pp. 1,373. Illus. Bibliog. Index. $65.00. This edition of Halstead's original 3-vol. monograph will take its place as the standard reference work in the field of marine biotoxicology. Covers the entire invertebrate and vertebrate marine animal kingdom. Results of new investigations have been added. Announcements ofNew Books ...