Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Rashi Fein: Medical Care, Medical Costs: The Search for A Health Insurance Policy. Victor R. Fuchs: The Health Economy. P.H. Curson: Times of Crisis, Epidemics in Sydney 1788–1900. Arthur Kleinman: Social Origins of Distress and Disease. Depression, Neurasthenia, and Pain in Modern China. Graeme Hugo Australia's Changing Population. Trends and Implications. Daly, J., Green, K., and Willis, E. (eds): Technologies in Health Care; policies and politics. Stanley Joel Reiser and Michael Anbar (Eds.): The Machine at the Bedside Christie D., Gordon I., and Heller R.: Epidemiology: an Introductory Text for Medical and Other Health Science Students. M.S.R. Hutt and D.P. Burkitt: The Geography of Non‐infectious Disease. Alan S. Morrison: Screening in Chronic Disease. A. Bonnett and D. Roder: Epidemiology of Cancer in South Australia, Incidence, Mortality and Survival. R.P. Gallagher (ed): Epidemiology of Malignant Melanoma, Recent Results in Cancer Research, Vol 102. Landsdown R., Yule W. (eds): The Lead Debate: The Environment, Toxicology and Child Health. D.L. Sackett, R.B. Haynes and P. Tugwell: Clinical Epidemiology — A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine. Janet Sceats (for the Abortion Supervisory Committee): Induced Abortion in New Zealand 1976–1983. Jonathan Gabe and Paul Williams (Eds): Tranquillisers, Social, Psychological and Clinical Perspectives. Francis J.C. Roe (ed.): The Chemical Industry and the Health of the Community. Chris Phillipson and Alan Walker (Eds.), Ageing and Social Policy. Nigel Malin (Ed.): Reassessing Community Care. K.A. Pargeter, D.R. Briggs, C.S. Lo and R.L. Wood‐Bradley: Meals on Wheels: A Nutritional Evaluation. Roxanne Howe‐Murphy and Becky G. Charboneau: Therapeutic Recreation Intervention an Ecological Perspective. R.S. Downie and K.C. Calman: Healthy Respect: Ethics in Health Care. Lester Breslow (Ed.): Annual Review of Public Health Volume 8 1987. Sitsky, Lynn: Community Care of the Elderly: An Annotated Bibliography 1980–1985