Book Listings

The following materials were received for review from 1 September to 31 October 1998 by Doody Publishing, a book review service based in Chicago.

Cardiology

Alterations of Excitation–Contraction Coupling in the Failing Human Heart

G Hasenfuss and H Just; eds. 197 pages. New York: Springer-Verlag; 1998. $59.00. ISBN 3798510474. Order phone 800-777-4643.

Living Morphogenesis of the Heart

MV de la Cruz and R Markwald; eds. 233 pages. Boston: Birkhauser; 1998. $90.00. ISBN 0817640371. Order phone 800-777-4643.

Nonpharmacological Therapy of Arrhythmias for the 21st Century: The State of the Art

I Singer, S Barold, and AJ Camm; eds. 908 pages. Armonk, NY: Futura; 1998. $125.00. ISBN 0879936908. Order phone 800-877-8761.

Critical Care

Tissue Oxygenation in Acute Medicine

WJ Sibbald, K Messmer, and MP Fink; eds. 378 pages. New York: Springer-Verlag; 1998. $129.00. ISBN 354064086X. Order phone 800-777-4643.

Dermatology

Chemokines and Skin

E Kownatzki and J Norgauer; eds. 138 pages. Boston: Birkhauser; 1998. $109.00. ISBN 0817658181. Order phone 800-777-4643.

Textbook of Dermatology

6th edition. 4 volumes. RH Champion, JL Burton, DA Burns, and SM Breathnach; eds. 3683 pages. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Science; 1998. $695.00. ISBN 0632037962. Order phone 800-759-6102.

Epidemiology

Epidemiology in Health Care

3rd edition. B Valanis. 419 pages. Stamford, CT: Appleton & Lange; 1998. $45.00. ISBN 0838522270. Order phone 203-406-4500.

Ethics

Asking to Die: Inside the Dutch Debate about Euthanasia

DC Thomasma, T Kimbrough-Kushner, GK Kimsma, and C Ciesielski-Carlucci; eds. 584 pages. Boston: Kluwer; 1998. $198.00. ISBN 0792351851. Order phone 617-871-6600.

The Practice of Autonomy: Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions

CE Schneider. 307 pages. New York: Oxford Univ Pr; 1998. $40.00. ISBN 0195113977. Order phone 800-451-7556.

Gastroenterology

The Pancreas

2 volumes. HG Beger, AL Warshaw, MW Buchler, DL Carr-Locke, JP Neoptolemos, and C Russell; eds. 1509 pages. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Science; 1998. $495.00. ISBN 0865424209. Order phone 800-759-6102.

Genetics

Approaches to Gene Mapping in Complex Human Diseases

JL Haines and MA Pericak-Vance. 434 pages. New York: J Wiley; 1998. $70.00. ISBN 0471171956. Order phone 800-879-4539.

Emery's Elements of Medical Genetics

10th edition. RF Mueller and ID Young. 369 pages. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1998. $35.00. ISBN 0443059020. Order phone 800-545-2522.

Guide to Human Genome Computing

2nd edition. MJ Bishop; ed. 306 pages. San Diego: Academic Pr; 1998. $70.00. ISBN 0121020517. Order …

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