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Received 8/15/00

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, P.O. Box 100187, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0187. Selections of items for review will be based on their relevance to cancer care and the availability of space. Media must be submitted at least four months prior to the program date.

 

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

 

Books

Producing Patient-Centered Health Care

 

By James Monroe Smith

 

Auburn House, 88 Post Road West Westport, CT 06881. Telephone (203) 226-3571 Fax: (203) 222-1502, 1999, 219 pp., ISBN 0-86569-293-9, $65.00

 

A Physician's Guide to Pain and Symptom Management in Cancer Patients

 

By Janet L. Abrahm, M.D.

 

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, 2000, 367 pp., ISBN 0-8018-6246-9, $21.50 (paperback)

 

Cancer Symptom Management: Patient Self Care Guide

 

By Connie Henke Yarbro, Margaret Henson Frogge, and Michelle Goodman

 

Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 40 Tall Pine Drive, Sudbury, MA 01776. Telephone: (978) 443-5000, 2000, 264 pp., ISBN 0-7637-1167-5