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JAMA

November 19, 1997, Vol 278, No. 19
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The Cover
M. Therese Southgate, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1551. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190005001.
In the Blue Place
Paula Tatarunis, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1552. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190006002.
The Tongue
Paula Tatarunis, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1552h. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190010004.
CONCEALED ALCOHOL IN DRUGS.
T. D. CROTHERS, M.D.
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1553. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190013006.
Abstracts
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1553a-1553l. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190014007.
Farewell to His Craft
David J. Hoffman, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1554. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190018008.
NCQA: Quality Through Evaluation
Charles Marwick
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1555-1556. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190019009.
Revitalized AHCPR Pursues Research on Quality
Joan Stephenson, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1557. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190021010.
A FACCT-Filled Agenda for Public Information
Andrew A. Skolnick
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1558. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190022011.
HCFA Focuses on New Plans for Quality Care
Rebecca Voelker
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1559. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190023012.
IHI Views Collaboration vs Competition in Quality
Rebecca Voelker
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1560. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190024013.
National Patient Safety Foundation Studies Systems
Marsha F. Goldsmith
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1561. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190025014.
Joint Commission Begins Tracking Outcome Data
Andrew A. Skolnick
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1562. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190026015.
Health Agencies Update
Joan Stephenson, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1563. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190027016.
National Diabetes Awareness Month—November 1997
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1564. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190028017.
Trends in the Prevalence and Incidence of Self-Reported Diabetes Mellitus—United States, 1980-1994
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1564-1565. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190028018.
Availability of Diabetes Information on the Internet
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1565. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190029019.
Personal Use of Drug Samples by Physicians and Office Staff
Susan Reynolds, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1567-1568. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190031023.
Personal Use of Drug Samples by Physicians and Office Staff
Fred Rosner, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1567. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190031022.
Personal Use of Drug Samples by Physicians and Office Staff
Lewis H. Margolis, MD, MPH
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1567. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190031021.
Personal Use of Drug Samples by Physicians and Office Staff
Ajit P. Limaye, MD; Douglas S. Paauw, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1568-1569. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190032027.
Personal Use of Drug Samples by Physicians and Office Staff
Robert M. Tenery, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1568. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190032026.
Personal Use of Drug Samples by Physicians and Office Staff
Hemendra J. Mehta, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1568. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190032025.
Personal Use of Drug Samples by Physicians and Office Staff
John T. Chiu, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1568. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190032024.
Humanitarianism Survives, Despite Being Under the Gun
Ranit Mishori
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1569. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190033029.
Risk of Hypoglycemia With Antihypertensive Medication
Giovanni Gambassi, MD; Pierugo Carbonin, MD; Roberto Bernabei, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1569-1570. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190033030.
Risk of Hypoglycemia With Antihypertensive Medication-Reply
John M. Westfall, MD, MPH; Jennifer McCabe, MSI; Richard A. Nicholas, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1569. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190033028.
Risk of Hypoglycemia With Antihypertensive Medication
Samy Suissa, PhD; Edeltraut Garbe, MD, MSc
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1570. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190034031.
Risk of Hypoglycemia With Antihypertensive Medication-Reply
Ronald I. Shorr, MD, MS; Wayne A. Ray, PhD; Marie R. Griffin, MD, MPH
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1570-1571. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190034032.
Graduate Medical Education and Government Oversight
Lee Balaklaw, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1571. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190035033.
Graduate Medical Education and Government Oversight-Reply
Marvin R. Dunn, MD; Rebecca S. Miller, MS
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1571. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190035034.
Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Mental Health Services
Deborah L. Casson, NPP, MS, RNC
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1571. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190035035.
Role of the Nurse Practitioner in Mental Health Services-Reply
Norman A. Clemens, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1571-1572. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190035036.
Incorrect Authorship.
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1572. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190036040.
Incorrect Wording
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1572. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190036039.
Losartan-Induced Hepatotoxicity
Xavier Bosch, MD, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1572. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190036037.
Losartan-Induced Hepatotoxicity-Reply
Allan I. Goldberg, MD; I. Sanford Smith, MD; Wendy P. Stephenson, MD, MS, MPH
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1572. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190036038.
Peer Review of the Quality of Care:  Reliability and Sources of Variability for Outcome and Process Assessments
Maureen A. Smith, MD, MPH; Adam J. Atherly, MA; Robert L. Kane, MD; James T. Pacala, MD, MS
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1573-1578. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190037041.
Consumer Reports in Health Care:  Do They Make a Difference in Patient Care?
Daniel R. Longo, ScD; Garland Land, MPH; Wayne Schramm, MA; Judy Fraas; Barbara Hoskins; Vicky Howell, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1579-1584. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190043042.
Implementation of Clinical Guidelines Using a Computer Charting System:  Effect on the Initial Care of Health Care Workers Exposed to Body Fluids
David L. Schriger, MD, MPH; Larry J. Baraff, MD; William H. Rogers, PhD; Shan Cretin, PhD, MPH
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1585-1590. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190049043.
Impact of a Clinical Guidelines Program for Breast and Colon Cancer in a French Cancer Center
Isabelle Ray-Coquard, MD; Thierry Philip, MD, PhD; Michel Lehmann, MD; Béatrice Fervers, MD; Fadila Farsi, MD; Franck Chauvin, MD, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1591-1595. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190055044.
Choice of a Personal Physician and Patient Satisfaction in a Health Maintenance Organization
Julie Schmittdiel, MA; Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH; Kevin Grumbach, MD; Charles P. Quesenberry, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1596-1599. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190060045.
The Risks of Risk Adjustment
Lisa I. lezzoni, MD, MSc
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1600-1607. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190064046.
Health Care Quality:  Incorporating Consumer Perspectives
Paul D. Cleary, PhD; Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1608-1612. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190072047.
Managed Care Is Not the Problem, Quality Is
Robert H. Brook, MD, ScD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1612-1614. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190076048.
A JAMA Theme Issue on Quality of Care:  A New Proposal and a Call to Action
George D. Lundberg, MD; John E. Wennberg, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1615-1616. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190079049.
What Should Residents Know About Quality of Care?
Richard J. D. Pan, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1616h. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190082050.
JAMA Instructions for Authors
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1616i-1616j. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190083051.
Medicaid Managed Care and High Quality:  Can We Have Both?
Arnold M. Epstein, MD, MA
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1617-1621. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190085052.
The Future of Quality Measurement and Management in a Transforming Health Care System
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1622-1625. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190090053.
Obituary Listing
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1625b. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190095054.
21st Century Miracle Medicine: RoboSurgery, Wonder Cures, and the Quest for Immortality
Alexander A. Levitan, MD, MPH
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1627. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190097056.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
William A. Sodeman, MD, JD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1627-1628. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190097057.
Doctoring: The Nature of Primary Care
Donald L. Madison, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1628-1629. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190098059.
The Logic of Medicine
William R. Best, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1628. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190098058.
The Least of These My Brethren: A Doctor's Story of Hope and Miracles on an Inner-City AIDS Ward
William G. Porter, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1629-1630. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190099060.
Public Privates: Performing Gynecology from Both Ends of the Speculum
Leslie Hartley Gise, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1630-1631. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190100062.
To Serve the Greatest Number: A History of Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound
Martin R. Lipp, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1630. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190100061.
Medical Histories of Confederate Generals
Michael A. Franchetti, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1631. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190101063.
JAMA Reader's Choice: Continuing Medical Education
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JAMA. 1997;278(19):1633-1634. doi:10.1001/jama.1997.03550190105065.
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