BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: George Teeling Smith (ed.): Health Economics: Prospects for the Future. Where the Health Dollar Goes and What's Wrong with the Health System Robert W. Amler and H. Bruce Dull (eds.): Closing the Gap: The Burden of Unnecessary Illness. Sol Levine and Abraham M. Lilienfeld (eds.): Epidemiology and Health Policy I.D. Gerald Richards, Mark R. Baker: The Epidemiology and Prevention of Important Diseases Alan Davis and Janet George: States of Health: Health and Illness in Australia Ruth F. Chadwick (ed.): Ethics, Reproduction and Genetic Control Julian Tudor Hart, Barbara Stilwell with J.A. Muir Gray: Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke: A Workbook for Primary Care Teams Alan Stewart and Margaret Jackson: Second Bite of the Cherry. Eating for Health and Pleasure in the Vital Years. Briony Thomas (ed.): Manual of Dietetic Practice William H. Foddy: Elementary Applied Statistics for the Social Sciences Betty R. Kirkwood: Essentials of Medical Statistics. Aviva Petrie: Lecture Notes on Medical Statistics Jara Krivanek; Addictions. Jara Krivanek: Heroin Myths and Reality. John S. Cameron: Solvent Abuse: A Guide for the Carer David Fonda and Cynthea Wellings: Urinary Incontinence — a practical guide for people with bladder control problems, their carers and health care professionals. Nicholas Coni, William Davison, Stephen Webster: Lecture Notes on Geriatrics: Third Edition (foreword) by John Butterfield). Lecture Notes on Medical Sociology, Hannay, David R. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1988. Roy MacLeod, (ed.). The Commonwealth of Science: ANZAAS and the Scientific Enterprise in Australia 1888–1988. William K.A. Agyel: Fertility and Family Planning in the Third World