Book Reviews

• Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign Marni Jackson's new book looks at the science, the culture, and the meaning of pain.
  Medscape General Medicine, September 2002
• Assisted Suicide: Finding Common Ground Experts look for a sensible way of regulating assisted suicide.
  Medscape General Medicine, August 2002
• Informed Consent: The Consumer's Guide to the Risks and Benefits of Volunteering for Clinical Trials A new book leads consumers through the pitfalls and practicalities of participating in research.
  Medscape General Medicine, August 2002
• Sacred Pain: Hurting the Body for the Sake of the Soul Sticks and stones find a more exalted role.
  Medscape General Medicine, August 2002
• The Fever Trail: In Search of the Cure for Malaria Explorers in Mark Honigsbaum's new book go barking up the right tree.
  Medscape General Medicine, July 2002
• Laughter: A Scientific Investigation Psychologist Robert Provine gives funny business a serious look.
  Medscape General Medicine, July 2002
• Matters of Life and Death: Making Moral Theory Work in Medicine and the Law David Orentlicher's latest book demonstrates that moral theory might not always lead to clear answers for policy making.
  Medscape General Medicine, July 2002
• Beleaguered Rulers: The Public Obligation of the Professional Ethicist William F. May contemplates the difference between being a professional and being a careerist.
  Medscape General Medicine, June 2002
• Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization Author and cigar-smoker Iain Gately writes an apologia for tobacco.
  Medscape General Medicine, June 2002
• Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections A new book provides an overview of new pathogens, many of which have become household concerns.
  Medscape General Medicine, May 2002
• Strange Bedfellows: How Medical Jurisprudence Has Influenced Medical Ethics and Medical Practice A new book takes on how best to protect individual autonomy and the patient-physician relationship.
  Medscape General Medicine, May 2002
• Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill Has modern psychiatric treatment progressed much since insulin shock, cold packs, and frontal lobotomies?
  Medscape General Medicine, May 2002
• Great Feuds in Medicine: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever The pursuit of knowledge takes a backseat to religion, politics, and ego, according to Hal Hellman's new book.
  Medscape General Medicine, May 2002
• Understanding Medical Information: A User's Guide to Informatics and Decision Making A new book attempts to keep readers far from the delusion that one can accomplish all things.
  Medscape General Medicine, May 2002
• Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche A writer examines the impact on survivors and family after a terrorist attack.
  Medscape General Medicine, April 2002
• The Health of Nations: Infectious Disease, Environmental Change, and Their Effects on National Security and Development A political scientist looks at emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.
  Medscape General Medicine, March 2002
• Essential Issues for Leaders: Emerging Challenges in Health Care A new book looks at ethics and healthcare service, confidentiality, and more.
  Medscape General Medicine, March 2002
• Lying Awake Mark Salzman's latest novel looks at religion and neurology.
  Medscape General Medicine, March 2002
• Oxymorons: The Myth of the U.S. Health Care System J.D. Kleinke no longer sees managed care as the solution to America's healthcare problems.
  Medscape General Medicine, February 2002
• Timebomb: The Global Epidemic of Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis A top TB specialist sounds the alarm.
  Medscape General Medicine, February 2002