A clinician's resource reviewing innovative practices in psychoanalytic applications to caring for medical patients with "disturbed" body image and eating disorders. The 12 contributing therapists discuss their work with patients facing reproductive problems, chronic diseases such as diabetes, sickle-cell disease, and cancer. Their experiences provide interesting perspectives on body image trauma, therapists' response, the use of drawings in evaluating children, the realities of working with a "false body," and consulting with staff in regards to treatment impact. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.