BOOK REVIEWS

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ABSTRACT THE FORGOTTEN AGED: ETHNIC, PSYCHIATRIC, AND SOCIETAL MINORITIES, edited by T. L. Brink, Binghamton, New York: The Haworth Press, Inc., 1993, 226pp., $24.95. Reviewed by TLB. CARING FOR ELDERLY PARENTS, by Deborah M. Merrill, Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1997, 232pp. Reviewed by Nancy P. Kropf. CONCISE GUIDE TO GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY (second edition), by James E. Spar and Asenath La Rue, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1997, 326 pp., $21.00. Reviewed by TLB. DREAMS AS A TOOL IN PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY: TRAVELING THE ROYAL ROAD TO THE UNCONSCIOUS, by Vincen20 Conigliaro, Madison, CT: International Universities Press, 1997, 407pp., $62.50. Reviewed by J. Solis. APPRECIATING DREAMS: A GROUP APPROACH, by Montague Ullman, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 1996, 274 pp., $69.95 (hard), $23.95 (paper). Reviewed by J. Solis. WORKING WITH DREAMS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY, by Clara Hill, New York: The Guilford Press, 1996, $35.00 (hard). Reviewed by J. Solis. GENDER ISSUES IN ELDER ABUSE, by Lynda Aitken and Gabriel Griffin, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1996, 179 pp., $ 75.00 (hard), $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Stephen M. Marson. GERIATRIC MEDICINE (second edition), edited by Dennis W. Jahnigen and Robert W. Schrier, Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Science, 1996, 867pp., $165. Reviewed by TLB. INTERVENTIONS FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: A CAREGIV-ER'S COMPLETE REFERENCE, by Ruth M. Tappen, Baltimore, MD: Health Professions Press, Inc., 1997, 239pp. Reviewed by Nancy Sidell. OLD AGE IN TRANSITION: THE GERIATRIC WARD, by Peter Woolfson, Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 1997, 133pp., $49.95. Reviewed by TLB. THE PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL GERONTOLOGY, edited by Laura L. Carstensen, Barry A. Edelstein, and Laurie Dornbrand, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 1996, 717pp., $65.00. Reviewed by TLB. PROGRESS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND SIMILAR CONDITIONS, edited by Leonard L, Heston, Washington: American Psychiatric Press, 1997, 303 pp. Reviewed by Eve J. Wiseman. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN, edited by Susan L. McElroy, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1997, 173pp., $28.50 (paper). Reviewed by TLB. CURRENT PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS, edited by Donald F. Klein and Lewis P. Rowland, New York: Brunrter/Mazel, 1997, 176pp., $39.95. Reviewed by TLB. PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG HANDBOOK (seventh edition), by Paul J. Perry, Bruce Alexander and Barry I. Liskow, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1997, 740pp., $42.50 (hard). Reviewed by TLB. PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDERS: THEORETICAL AND CLINICAL ASPECTS, by Ghazi Asaad, New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1996, 147pp., $21.95. Reviewed by TLB. THE SPECTRUM OF FACTITIOUS DISORDERS, edited by Marc D, Feldman and Stuart J. Eisendrath, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1996, 229 pp. Reviewed by TLB. CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF MALINGERING AND DEPRESSION (second edition), edited by Richard Rogers, New York: The Guilford Press, 1997, 525pp., $46.95. Reviewed by TLB. PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION IN LONG-TERM CARE, by G. W. Hartz & D. M. Splain, New York: The Haworth Press, Inc., 1997, 219pp., $22.95. Reviewed by David P. Boyle. QUALITATIVE INQUIRY: A DICTIONARY OF TERMS, by Thomas A. Schwandt, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 1997, 183 pp., $46.00 (hard), $19.95 (paper). Reviewed by TLB. QUALITATIVE RESEARCHING, by Jennifer Mason, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 1997, 180pp., $69.95 (hard), $21.95 (paper). Reviewed by TLB. QUALITATIVE INQUIRY AND RESEARCH DESIGN: CHOOSING AMONG FIVE TRADITIONS, by John W. Creswell, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 1998, 403pp., $62.00 (hard), $28.95 (paper). Reviewed by TLB. COMPOSING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, by Karen Golden-Biddle and Karen D. Locke, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 1997, 145 pp., $42.00 (hard), $18.95 (paper). Reviewed by TLB. GROUNDED THEORY IN PRACTICE: edited by Anselm Strauss and Juliet Corbin, Thousand Oah, CA: SAGE, 1997, 280 pp., $49.95 (hard), $22.95 (paper). Reviewed by TLB. CONTEXT AND METHOD IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH, edited by Gale Miller and Robert Dingwall, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 1997, 226pp., $69.95 (hard), $23.95 (paper). Reviewed by TLB. COMPLETING A QUALITATIVE PROJECT: DETAILS AND DIALOGUE, edited by Janice M. Morse, Thousand Oah, CA: SAGE, 1997, 400pp., $58.00 (hard), $27.95 (paper). Reviewed by TLB. STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE: RATIONAL, VALIDITY, AND UTILITY, by Siu L. Chow, London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: SAGE Publications, 1996, 205pp., $26.95. Reviewed by TLB. UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS: AN INTRODUCTION FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, by Daniel R. Wright, London, Thousand Oats, New Delhi: SAGE Publications, 1997, 228pp., $69.95 (hard), $22.95 (paper). Reviewed by TLB. SUICIDE AND THE INNER VOICE: RISK ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT, AND CASE MANAGEMENT, by Robert W. Firestone, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 1997, 333 pp., $52.00 (hard), $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by F. Richard Ferraro. TESTS: A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE FOR ASSESSMENTS IN PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATION AND BUSINESS (fourth edition), edited by Taddy Maddox, Austin, TX:pro-ed, 1997, 809pp., $89.00. Reviewed by TLB. TEXTBOOK OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY (second edition), by Ewald W. Busse and Dan G. Blazer, Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1996, 502 pp., $21.00. Reviewed by TLB.