Book reviews

Books review in this article: C. Warren (with contributions from S. Morse and J. Zusman), The Court of Last Resort: Mental Illness and the Law Health Research Group (J. Cornwell, V. Coupland, J. Eyles, D.M. Smith and K.J. Woods), Contemporary Perspectives on Health Care. J. Eyles and K.J. Woods, The Social Geography of Medicine and Health. R. Ricardo‐Campbell, The Economics and Politics of Health C.J. Maggs, The Origins of General Nursing P. Wright and A. Treacher, eds, The Problem of Medical Knowledge. J. Brannen and J. Collard, Marriages in Trouble: The Process of Seeking Help. A.G. Davis, Children in Clinics: A Sociological Analysis of Medical Work With Children. J. Ettling, The Germ of Laziness. Rockefeller Philanthropy and Public Health in the New South. M.B. McGuire, Pentecostal Catholics: Power, Charisma and Order in a Religious Movement. N. and R. Timms, Dictionary of Social Welfare. N.J. Chrisman and T.W. Maretzki, eds, Clinically Applied Anthropology: Anthropologists in Health Science Settings. P.E.S. Freund, The Civilized Body: Social Domination, Control and Health. P. Davies and D. Walsh, Alcohol Problems and Alcohol Control in Europe. A. W. Clare and R. H. Corney, eds, Social Work and Primary Health Care S. P. Mangen, Sociology and Mental Health E. J. Speedling, Heart Attack: The Family Response at Home and in the Hospital E. Topliss, Social Responses to Handicap C. Ham, Health Policy in Britain A. Bowling and A. Cartwright, Life After A Death. K.M. Gow, How Nurses’ Emotions Affect Patient Care. W. Gaylin and R. Macklin, eds, Who Speaks for the Child? A.S. Trebach, The Heroin Solution. R. Mitchell, Phobias. A. Murcott, The Sociology of Food and Eating. M. Cesara, Reflections of a Woman Anthropologist: No Hiding Place.