Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: George Palmer and Stephanie Short: Health Care & Public Policy Ronald Bayer: Private Acts, Social Consequences. AIDS Alwyn Smith and Bobble Jacobson eds. The Nation's Health: A Strategy for the 1990s. M. Miller and R. Walker eds: Health Promotion: The Community Health Approach. Papers from the 2nd National Conference of the Australian Community Health Association. A. Evers, W. Farrant, A. Trojen Eds: Healthy Public Policy at the Local Level. Valerie A. Brown ed: A Sustainable Healthy Future: Towards an Ecology of Health. Simon Chapman with Wong Wai Leng: Tobacco Control in the Third World ‐ A Resource Atlas. I.D. Gerald Richards and Mark R. Baker: The Epidemiology and Prevention of Important Diseases. Anthony P. Polednak: Racial & Ethnic Differences in Disease. Mark Nichter: Anthropology and International Health Harold A. Kahn and Christopher T. Sempos: Statistical Methods in Epidemiology. J.C. Jager and E.J. Rultenberg, eds: Statistical Analysis and Mathematical Modelling of AIDS M. Aitkin, D. Anderson, B. Francis and J. Hinde: Statistical Modelling in GLIM. Edward F.X. Hughes ed. Perspectives on Quality in American Health Care. R.C. Fuller. Alternative Medicine and American Religious Life. Wendy Seymour: Bodily Alterations: An Introduction to a Sociology of the Body for Health Workers. Neal L. Cohen ed: Psychiatry Takes to the Streets: Outreach and Crisis Intervention for the Mentally III. Compiled by Healthsharing Women, The Healthsharing Reader ‐ Women Speak About Health. D.B. and E.F.P. Jelliffe with A. Zerfas and C.G. Neumann. Community Nutritional Assessment. With Special Reference to Less Technically Developed Countries. Lyn Richards: Nobody's Home Johanna I.M. Westbrook. Health Administrators’ Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding AIDS. George Palmer et al: International Comparisons of Hospital Usage ‐ A Study of Nine Countries Based on DRGs. C. Selby Smith ed: Economics and Health: 1989. Proceedings of the Eleventh Australian Conference of Health Economists.