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.

Almgren G, Lindhorst T. The safety-net health care system. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2011. (Received at JHCPU Feb 2012)

Barr DA. Introduction to U.S. health policy: the organization, financing and delivery of health care in America (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. (Received at JHCPU Oct 2011)

Beracochea E, Weinstein C, Evans DP, eds. Rights-based approaches to public health. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2011. (Received at JHCPU Jan 2012)

de Chesnay M, Anderson BA. Caring for the vulnerable: perspectives in nursing theory, practice, and research (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning, 2011. (Received at JHCPU Jul 2011)

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

Elk R, Landrine H, eds. Cancer disparities: causes and evidence-based solutions. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2012. (Received at JHCPU Feb 2012)

Estrine SA, Hettenbach RT, Arthur H, et al., eds. Service delivery for vulnerable populations: new directions in behavioral health. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2011. (Received at JHCPU Jan 2012)

Gabbay J, le May A, Pope C, et al. Organisational innovation in health services: lessons from the NHS treatment centers. Portland, OR: The Policy Press, 2011. (Received at JHCPU Jul 2011)

Gonzalez-Sanders DJ, Fortinsky RH. Dementia care with Black and Latino families: a social work problem-solving approach. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2012. (Received at JHCPU Feb 2012)

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)

Hatton DC, Fisher AA, eds. Women prisoners and health justice: perspectives, issues and advocacy for an international hidden population. New York, NY: Radcliffe Publishing, 2009. (Received at JHCPU Jul 2011)

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

Magone C, Neuman M, Weissman F, eds. Humanitarian negotiations revealed: the MSF Experience. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2011. (Received at JHCPU Feb 2012)

Perez-Escamilla R, Melgar-Quinonez H. At risk: Latino children's health. Houston, TX: Arte Publico Press, 2011. (Received at JHCPU Jan 2012)

Suchman A, Sluyter DJ, Williamson PR, eds. Leading change in healthcare: transforming organizations using complexity, positive psychology and relationship-centered care. United Kingdom: Radcliffe Publishing Ltd., 2011. (Received at JHCPU Jul 2011)

Wendt C, Mischke M, Pfeifer M. Welfare states and public opinion: perceptions of healthcare systems, family policy and benefits for the unemployed and poor in Europe. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2011. (Received at JHCPU Jan 2012)