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)

Chase SM. Surviving HIV/AIDS in the inner city: how resourceful Latinas beat the odds. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2011. (Received at JHCPU Feb. 2011)

Delgado JL. The Latina guide to health: consejos and caring answers. New York, NY: Newmarket Press, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Feb. 2010)

Escobar ML, Griffin CC, Shaw RP, eds. The impact of health insurance in low and middle-income countries. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Mar. 2011)

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)

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.

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)

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

Wailoo K. How cancer crossed the color line. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2011. (Received at JHCPU Feb. 2011)