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  • 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.

Aktan NM. Fast facts for the new nurse practitioner: what you really need to know in a nutshell. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Nov. 2010)
Delgado JL. The Latina guide to health: consejos and caring answers. New York, NY: Newmarket Press, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Feb. 2010)
Foley EE. Your pocket is what cures you: the politics of health in Senegal. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Jan. 2010)
Fox DM. The convergence of science and governance: research, health policy, and American states. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Feb. 2010)
Hart JT. The political economy of the health care: where the NHS came from and where it could lead (2nd ed.). Portland, OR: The Policy Press, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Nov. 2010)
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)
Hudson RB. The new politics of old age policy (2nd ed.). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Jul 2010)
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.
Kluchin RM. Fit to be tied: sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950–1980. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Jan. 2010)
Mattingly C. The paradox of hope: journeys through a clinical borderland. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Nov. 2010)
Siena KP. Venereal disease, hospitals and the urban poor: London's "foul wards," 1600–1800. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2004. (Reprinted in paperback and transferred to digital printing 2010) (Received at JHCPU Sep. 2010)
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) [End Page 401]
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) [End Page 402]
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