For students of medical or film history, researchers in the medical humanities, and medical practitioners interested in the portrayal and cultural representation of their profession, Glasser (medical humanities, U. College London Medical School, UK) examines representations of medicine in film, from early cinema to the 2000s, especially what films say about doctors and doctoring. He considers a variety of themes and selected movies, such as medicine in horror films, travelers and doctors in strange lands, films about war, and those with hospital settings, with discussion of Crisis, The Last King of Scotland, Dive Bomber, MASH, Dirty Pretty Things, Le Corbeau, Wild Strawberries, and others, as well as films based on real lives, such as Kinsey. He also discusses films made by directors John Ford and Akira Kurosawa. Published by Radcliffe Publishing, UK, and distributed in the US by BookMasters. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)