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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.

Almgren G. Health care politics, policy, and services: a social justice analysis (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer publishing company, 2012. (Received at JHCPU Oct. 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)
Beilenson PL, McGuire PA. Tapping into the wire: the real urban crisis. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins university Press, 2012. (Received at JHCPU Nov 2012)
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)
Bryant Smalley K, Warren JC, Rainer JP, eds. Rural mental health: issues, policies, and best practices. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2012. (Received at JHCPU Jul 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)
Eckenwiler LA. Long-term care, globalization, and justice. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. (Received at JHCPU May 2012)
Enthoven AC. Health care the market and consumer choice. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012. (Received at JHCPU Apr 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)
Glickman D, Parker L, Sim LJ, et al, eds. Accelerating progress in obesity prevention: solving the weight of the nation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2012.
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) [End Page 968]
Goodman JC. Priceless: curing the healthcare crisis. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute, 2012. (Received at JHCPU Jul 2012)
Hackey RB. Cries of Crisis: rethinking the health care debate. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 2012. (Received at JHCPU Oct 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)
Hoberman J. Black and blue. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2012. (Received at JHCPU May 2012)
Hoffman J, Salerno JA, Moss A. The weight of the nation: to win we have to lose. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2012. (Received at JHCPU Apr 2012)
Holsinger JW Jr. Contemporary public health: principles, practice, and policy. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2012. (Received at JHCPU Sep 2012)
Institute of Medicine. The future of disability in America. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007.
Jack L Jr, ed. Diabetes in black America: public health and clinical solutions to a national crisis. Roscoe, IL: Hilton Publishing Company, 2010. (Received at JHCPU Mar 2012)
Knaul FM. Beauty without the breast. Cambridge, MA...

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