Library Journal Review: McCall (Examining Your Doctor: A Patient's Guide to Avoiding Harmful Medical Care) details yoga's health benefits and offers therapeutic techniques from a variety of traditions (e.g., iyengar, viniyoga, anusara) for relieving such chronic conditions as anxiety, cancer, diabetes, and obesity. He successfully outlines the reasons yoga can benefit chronic disease sufferers, referencing scientific research and empirical evidence as well as drawing on his own years of experience practicing yoga. At the same time, he stresses safety, encouraging students to talk to their doctors and noting that the information he provides is not prescriptive. In chapters organized by chronic disease, the many poses are illustrated and accompanied by contraindications, considerations, and modifications for those with medical problems. Also included are a reference list and print and online sources for additional information, e.g., directory information for yoga props, clothing, teachers, and centers. Some of the poses may prove too difficult for novices, who may first want to consult a beginner's guide or take a beginner's course, but the yoga therapy he suggests for each chronic disease, along with the modifications and safety tips, makes this an excellent resource. For public and consumer health libraries.?Dana Ladd, Community Health Education Ctr., Virginia Commonwealth Univ. Libs. & Health Syst., Richmond Copyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.