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