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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

November 5, 1997, Vol 278, No. 17
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Chaos, and the Limits of Modern Medicine
James S. Goodwin, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1399-1400.  
Dual Effects of Weight and Weight Gain on Breast Cancer Risk
Zhiping Huang, MD, PhD; Susan E. Hankinson, ScD; Graham A. Colditz, MBBS, DrPH; Meir J. Stampfer, MD, DrPH; David J. Hunter, MBBS, ScD; JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH; Charles H. Hennekens, MD; Bernard Rosner, PhD; Frank E. Speizer, MD; Walter C. Willett, MD, DrPH
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1407-1411.  
The Relationship Between Patient Income and Physician Discussion of Health Risk Behaviors
Deborah A. Taira, ScD; Dana Gelb Safran, ScD; Todd B. Seto, MD; William H. Rogers, PhD; Alvin R. Tarlov, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1412-1417.  
The Cost-effectiveness of Air Bags by Seating Position
John D. Graham, PhD; Kimberly M. Thompson, ScD; Sue J. Goldie, MD, MPH; Maria Segui-Gomez, MD, MPH; Milton C. Weinstein, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1418-1425.  
Effects of Aerosolized Surfactant in Patients With Stable Chronic Bronchitis: Title and subTitle BreakA Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial FREE
Antonio Anzueto, MD; Amal Jubran, MD; Jill A. Ohar, MD; Craig A. Piquette, MD; Stephen I. Rennard, MD; Gene Colice, MD; Edward N. Pattishall, MD; Janet Barrett; Melissa Engle, CRTT, CCRC; Kenneth A. Perret, MD; Bruce K. Rubin, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1426-1431.  
Reductions in Deaths in Frontal Crashes Among Right Front Passengers in Vehicles Equipped With Passenger Air Bags FREE
Elisa R. Braver, PhD; Susan A. Ferguson, PhD; Michael A. Greene, PhD; Adrian K. Lund, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1437-1439.  
Assessing Differences in Clinical Trials Comparing Surgical vs Nonsurgical Therapy: Title and subTitle BreakUsing Common (Statistical) Sense
George Howard, DrPH; Lloyd E. Chambless, PhD; Richard A. Kronmal, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1432-1436.  
Does This Patient Have Community-Acquired Pneumonia?: Title and subTitle BreakDiagnosing Pneumonia by History and Physical Examination
Joshua P. Metlay, MD, PhD; Wishwa N. Kapoor, MD, MPH; Michael J. Fine, MD, MSc
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1440-1445.  
Wanted: A Clearly Articulated Social Ethic for American Health Care
Uwe E. Reinhardt, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1446-1447.  
Weight and Risk for Breast Cancer
Jennifer L. Kelsey, PhD; John Baron, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1448-1449.  
New in JAMA—Reader's Choice CME
Thomas B. Cole, MD, MPH
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1449-1449.  
Thrombolytic Therapy for Elderly Patients With Myocardial Infarction
Roberto Bernabei, MD; Giuseppe Zuccalà, MD; Pierugo Carbonin, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1401-1401.  
Thrombolytic Therapy for Elderly Patients With Myocardial Infarction
Sachin Dave, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1401-1401.  
Thrombolytic Therapy for Elderly Patients With Myocardial Infarction-Reply
Harlan M. Krumholz, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1401-1402.  
Investigational Treatments: Process, Payment, and Priorities
Peter G. Goldschmidt, MD, DrPH, DMS; Grace Powers Monaco, JD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1402-1403.  
Investigational Treatments: Process, Payment, and Priorities
R. A. P. Burt, FRCA, FRCPE
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1402-1402.  
Thrombolytic Therapy for Elderly Patients With Myocardial Infarction-Reply
Jerry H. Gurwitz, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1402-1402.  
Investigational Treatments: Process, Payment, and Priorities
Reinhard Priester, JD; Dorothy E. Vawter, PhD; Karen G. Gervais, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1403-1404.  
Investigational Treatments: Process, Payment, and Priorities
Kimford J. Meador, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1403-1403.  
Eradicating Legionella From Hospital Water
Janet E. Stout, PhD; Victor L. Yu, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1404-1404.  
Eradicating Legionella From Hospital Water-Reply
Anthony E. Fiore, MD; Jacobus L. Kool, MD; Joe Carpenter, PE; Jay C. Butler, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1404-1405.  
Eradicating Legionella From Hospital Water-Reply
David M. Eddy, MD, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1404-1404.  
'Z-Pak' vs Ice Pack: Need for Clarity and Continuous Quality Assurance
Carl Lawyer, MD; Janet Despot, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1405-1405.  
'Z-Pak' vs Ice Pack: Need for Clarity and Continuous Quality Assurance-Reply
Patricia Byrns, MD; Joseph Cranston, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1405-1406.  
Summertime Cluster of Intentional Ethylene Glycol Ingestions
Jerrold B. Leikin, MD; Theodore Toerne, MD; Anthony Burda, RPh, CSPI; Karen McAllister, RPh, CSPI; Timothy Erickson, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1406-1406.  
Self-Reported Use of Mammography Among Women Aged ≥40 Years—United States, 1989 and 1995 FREE
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1395-1396.  
Progress Toward Global Measles Control and Elimination, 1990-1996 FREE
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1396-1397.  
Dutch Landscape
Roy Jacobstein, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1400-1400.  
THE EVILS OF TEA-DRINKING
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1458l-1458l.  
Medical Journals Turn Gaze Inward to Examine Process of Peer Review
Joan Stephenson, PhD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1389-1391.  
DRUG AD 'DATA ON FILE' NEED SCRUTINY
J.S.
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1390-1390.  
Assessment of Exception to Informed Consent
Charles Marwick
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1392-1393.  
Guidelines Issued for Treatment of Ureteral Calculi
Andrew A. Skolnick
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1392-1392.  
H
Edwin J. Mikkelsen, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1459-1459.  
Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests
Stebbins B. Chandor, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1459-1460.  
Evidence-Based Medicine
Oliver T. Fein, MD; Mark E. Funk, MA
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1460-1461.  
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Norton J. Greenberger, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1460-1460.  
The McGill Journal of Medicine (MJM)
Gale Hansen Starich, PhD; Joan S. Zenan, MLS
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1461-1462.  
A reader and reviewer has sent this amplification of
Larry R. Kirkland, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1462-1462.  
The Cover
Judith Leet
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1388-1388.  
From the Food and Drug Administration
Stuart L. Nightingale, MD
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1394-1394.  
Pulse
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1451-1457.  
Received
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1462-1463.  
JAMA Reader's Choice: Continuing Medical Education
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1465-1466.  
Abstracts
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1388aa-1388ad.  
Readers' Guide to JAMA
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1458c-1458c.  
Resident Forum
Sandy Robertson, MA
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JAMA. 1997;278(17):1458d-1458d.  

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