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.

Ameringer CF. The health care revolution: from medical monopoly to market competition. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008.

Boehm FH. Building patient/doctor trust: there’s more to medical care. Nashville, TN: Boehm FH, 2005.

Boehm FH. Doctors cry, too: essays from the heart of a physician. Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc., 2001.

Dranove D. Code red: an economist explains how to revive the healthcare system without destroying it. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008.

Geyman J. Do not resuscitate: why the health insurance industry is dying and how we must replace it. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 2008.

Nahmias R. The migrant project: contemporary California farm workers. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2008.

Nichter M. Global health: why cultural perceptions, social representations, and biopolitics matter. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2008.

Smith-Morris C. Diabetes among the Pima: stories of survival. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2006.

Williams TM. Black pain: it just looks like we’re not hurting. Real talk for when there’s nowhere to go but up. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008.