Books received ============== Cluff LE, Binstock RH, editors. **The lost art of caring**. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press; 2001. 249 pp. US$48 (cloth) ISBN 0-8018-6591-3 Ernst E. **The desktop guide to complementary and alternative medicine**. Edinburgh: Mosby; 2001. 444 pp. ISBN 0-7234-3207-4 Foster C. **The ethics of medical research on humans**. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2001. 159 pp. US$74.95 (cloth) ISBN 0-521-64196-9 $24.95 (paper) ISBN 0-5216-4573-5 Hansson PT, Fields HL, Hill RG, Marchettini P, editors. **Neuropathic pain: pathophysiology and treatment**. Seattle: International Association for the Study of Pain; 2001. 277 pp. US$79 (cloth) ISBN 0-931092-38-8 Lux MK. **Medicine that walks**. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; 2001. 300 pp. $50 (cloth) ISBN 0-8020-4728-9 $22.95 (paper) ISBN 0-8020-8295-5 The Health Care Communication Group. **Writing, speaking & communication skills for health professionals**. New Haven (CT): Yale University Press; 2001. 338 pp. US$40 (cloth) ISBN 0-3000-8861-2 $17.95 (paper) ISBN 0-3000-8862-0