April 2012: Summary of Features

About the Cover: Melvin J. Zahnow Library, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI. Linda Farynk, library director. John Mauch, photographer.

Editorial: What Have They Done to the Snow?, by Irving E. Rockwood. Mr. Rockwood muses on the meaning of the recent, snowless New England winter.

Book Price Information, 2011. This annual feature offers detailed price information on books reviewed in Choice during the 2011 calendar year.

Seeking the Ethical in the World of Medicine, by Aaron Klink (Aaron.Klink@Duke.edu), chaplain and bereavement coordinator at Amedisys Hospice in Durham, North Carolina, and a part-time chaplain at Duke University Medical Center.

In the ever-evolving field of biomedical ethics, policy and technology changes occur on an almost daily basis and new questions arise as frequently.  Klink’s essay presents overviews but selectively focuses on questions related to genetics, the role of religious perspectives in bioethics, the health care system, and psychopharmacology.  Klink evaluates books that treat issues ranging from distributive justice and human dignity to ethical obligations at the beginning and end of life.

Forthcoming Titles in Psychology Publications, 2012. Regularly appearing each year in the April issue, this selected list provides information on new titles of potential relevance for academic libraries.

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