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Reviews of selected media are presented in this feature. Nurses, other health professionals, and publishers are invited to submit books, videotapes, CD-ROMs, and other related oncology education materials to: Carol Reed Ash, Editor, Cancer Nursing, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, PO Box 100187, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610. Selections of items for review will be based on their relevance to cancer care and the availability of space.

 

REVIEWERS WANTED FOR MEDIA REVIEWS. Cancer nurses interested in reviewing material for publication in the "Media News" feature should submit a letter and a short biographical sketch to the Editor at the address listed above.

 

Books Received

 

Nutritional Oncology, 2nd Edition

 

David Heber, George L. Blackburn, Vay Liang W. Go, and John Milner

 

Academic Press: Elsevier

 

Amsterdam: 2006

 

http://www.elsevier.com

 

Hardback; 822 pp.; ISBN: 0-12-088393-7

 

Contemporary Issues in Prostate Care: A Nursing Perspective, 2nd Edition

 

Jeanne Held-Warmkessel

 

Jones and Bartlett Publishers

 

Sudbury, MA; 2006

 

http://www.jbpub.com

 

Hardback; 456 pp.; ISBN: 0-7637-3075-0

 

Symptom Relief in Palliative Care

 

Mervyn Dean, Juan-Diego Harris, Claud Regnard and Jo Hockley

 

Radcliffe Publishing

 

Oxford: 2006

 

http://www.radcliffe-oxford.com

 

Paperback: 287 pp.; ISBN: 1-85775-629-0

 

The Emotional Survival Guide for Caregivers

 

Barry J. Jacobs

 

The Guilford Press

 

New York, NY 2006

 

http://www.guilford.com

 

Paperback: 261 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-1-57230-729-2

 

The Journey Through Cancer: Healing and Transforming the Whole Person, 2nd Edition

 

Jeremy Geffen

 

Three Rivers Press

 

New York, NY 2006

 

http://www.crownpublishing.com

 

Paperback: 330 pp.; ISBN: 0-307-34181-X

 

Myelodysplastic Syndromes

 

Peter L. Greenberg

 

Cambridge University Press

 

New York, NY 2006

 

http://www.cambridge.org

 

Hardback: 312 pp.; ISBN: 0-521-49668-3

 

Core Topics in Pain

 

Anita Holdcroft and Sian Jaggar

 

Cambridge University Press

 

New York, NY 2006

 

http://www.cambridge.org

 

Hardback: 345 pp.; ISBN: 0-521-85778-3

 

MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology

 

Hagop M. Kantarjian, Robert A. Wolff, and Charles A. Koller

 

McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.

 

New York, NY 2006

 

http://www.books.mcgraw-hill.com

 

Hardback: 1149 pp.; ISBN: 0-07-141499-1