Academic update

We just signed a contract with CQ Press to do a book called American Public Opinion and Health Policy, which will take up a large proportion of my work life the next two years as its co-editor. In 16 chapters (about 200,000 words) and 125 tables, the book will examine public opinion on such important issues as health care costs, the uninsured, and Medicare.

I get to write the chapter on end-of-life issues, my main research interest, which I haven't had nearly enough time to work on lately. But I'll also be writing a hunk of the rest of the book, in addition to doing much of the editing.

While I'm in academic-geek mode, I'll also mention my latest publication credit, "The American Public and the Terri Schiavo Case," in Archives of Internal Medicine. My most recent acceptance was a co-authored chapter, "Research on Americans' Response to Bioterrorist Threats and Emerging Epidemics," for a book called Bioterrorism: New Research, to be published next year by Nova Science.