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.

Barr D. Introduction to U.S. Health Policy: The Organization, Financing, and Delivery of Health Care in America. Second Edition. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Banerjee AV, Bénabou R, Mookherjee D, eds. Understanding Poverty. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Chen PW. Final Exam: A Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

Frank RG, Glied SA. Better But Not Well: Mental Health Policy in the United States Since 1950. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Le Grand J. The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering Public Services through Choice and Competition. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007.

Lerner BH. When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How They Look at Medicine. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Massaro TJ. United States Welfare Policy: A Catholic Response. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2007.

Mayer GG, Villaire M. Health Literacy in Primary Care: A Clinician’s Guide. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2007.

Palfrey JS. Child Health in America: Making a Difference through Advocacy. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Sicherer SH. Understanding and Managing Your Child’s Food Allergies. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Williams-Forson PA. Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, and Power. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2006.