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
Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice (2nd ed)
Karen Lee Fontaine
Pearson Prentice Hall
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458; 2005
http://www.prenhall.com/nursing
510 pp; ISBN: 0-13-151254-4 (paperback)
Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness (6th ed)
Rachel E. Spector, PhD, RN, CTN, FAAN
Pearson Prentice Hall
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458; 2004
http://www.prenhall.com/nursing
375 pp; ISBN: 0-13-049379-1 (paperback)
Cultural Care Guide to Heritage Assessment and Health Traditions (3rd ed)
Rachel E. Spector, PhD, RN, CTN, FAAN
Pearson Prentice Hall
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458; 2004
http://www.prenhall.com/nursing
49 pp; ISBN: 0-13-117294-8 (paperback)
The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures (6th ed)
Lisa Dougherty, RN, RM, Onc Cert, MSc, and Sara Lister, RN, PGDAE, BSc(Hons), MSc, eds
Blackwell Publishing
9600 Garsington Road
Oxford OX4 2 DQ, UK; 2004
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com
870 pp; ISBN: 1-4051-0161-X (paperback)
Telephone Triage for Oncology Nurses
Margaret Hickey, RN, MSN, MS, OCN(R) CORLN, and Susan Newton, RN, MS, AOCN(R)
Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)
125 Enterprise Dr;
Pittsburgh, PA 15275; 2005
Phone: 866-257-4ONS, or http://www.ons.org
228 pp; ISBN: 1-890504-47-5 (paperback)
Oncology Nursing in the Ambulatory Setting: Issues and Models of Care (2nd ed)
Patricia Corcoran Buchsel, RN, MSN, FAAN, and Connie Henke Yarbro, RN, MS, FAAN
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Sudbury, MA 01776; 2005
Phone: 978-443-5000; Fax: 978-443-8000 or [email protected]
448 pp; ISBN: 0-7637-1474-7 (paperback)