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This Week in JAMA

A Piece of My Mind

  • More Things in Heaven and Earth

    • J. O. Ballard III
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):723-724.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1114

Original Contributions

  • Effects of a Palliative Care Intervention on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Advanced Cancer: The Project ENABLE II Randomized Controlled Trial

    • Marie Bakitas,
    • Kathleen Doyle Lyons,
    • Mark T. Hegel,
    • Stefan Balan,
    • Frances C. Brokaw,
    • Janette Seville,
    • Jay G. Hull,
    • Zhongze Li,
    • Tor D. Tosteson,
    • Ira R. Byock,
    • Tim A. Ahles
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):741-749.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1198

  • Postlicensure Safety Surveillance for Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine

    • Barbara A. Slade,
    • Laura Leidel,
    • Claudia Vellozzi,
    • Emily Jane Woo,
    • Wei Hua,
    • Andrea Sutherland,
    • Hector S. Izurieta,
    • Robert Ball,
    • Nancy Miller,
    • M. Miles Braun,
    • Lauri E. Markowitz,
    • John Iskander
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):750-757.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1201

  • Antibiotic Prescription Rates for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in US Ambulatory Settings

    • Carlos G. Grijalva,
    • J. Pekka Nuorti,
    • Marie R. Griffin
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):758-766.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1163

  • Reduction in Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in the United States: Risk-Standardized Mortality Rates From 1995-2006

    • Harlan M. Krumholz,
    • Yun Wang,
    • Jersey Chen,
    • Elizabeth E. Drye,
    • John A. Spertus,
    • Joseph S. Ross,
    • Jeptha P. Curtis,
    • Brahmajee K. Nallamothu,
    • Judith H. Lichtman,
    • Edward P. Havranek,
    • Frederick A. Masoudi,
    • Martha J. Radford,
    • Lein F. Han,
    • Michael T. Rapp,
    • Barry M. Straube,
    • Sharon-Lise T. Normand
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):767-773.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1178

Preliminary Communication

  • Lower-Dose vs High-Dose Oral Estradiol Therapy of Hormone Receptor–Positive, Aromatase Inhibitor–Resistant Advanced Breast Cancer: A Phase 2 Randomized Study

    • Matthew J. Ellis,
    • Feng Gao,
    • Farrokh Dehdashti,
    • Donna B. Jeffe,
    • P. Kelly Marcom,
    • Lisa A. Carey,
    • Maura N. Dickler,
    • Paula Silverman,
    • Gini F. Fleming,
    • Aruna Kommareddy,
    • S. Jamalabadi-Majidi,
    • Robert Crowder,
    • Barry A. Siegel
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):774-780.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1204

Special Communication

  • Marketing HPV Vaccine: Implications for Adolescent Health and Medical Professionalism

    • Sheila M. Rothman,
    • David J. Rothman
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):781-786.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1179

Commentaries

  • Expansion of Renewable Energy Industries and Implications for Occupational Health

    • Steven A. Sumner,
    • Peter M. Layde
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):787-789.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1214

  • Registries for Robust Evidence

    • Nancy A. Dreyer,
    • Sarah Garner
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):790-791.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1092

  • Heart Failure Performance Measures and Outcomes: Real or Illusory Gains

    • Gregg C. Fonarow,
    • Eric D. Peterson
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):792-794.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1180

Editorials

  • The Risks and Benefits of HPV Vaccination

    • Charlotte Haug
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):795-796.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1215

  • Estradiol in Breast Cancer Treatment: Reviving the Past

    • Pamela N. Munster,
    • John T. Carpenter
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):797-798.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1223

The Cover

  • A Boy and a Girl With a Cat and an Eel

    • Thomas B. Cole
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):721.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1086

Poetry and Medicine

Medical News & Perspectives

  • Effort Under Way to Prepare Physicians to Care for Growing Elderly Population

    • Bridget M. Kuehn
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):727-728.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1140

  • Groups Promote “Key Competencies” in Training for Premed and Medical Students

    • Bridget M. Kuehn
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):729.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1141

  • Data-Based Risk Calculators Becoming More Sophisticated—and More Popular

    • Mike Mitka
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):730-731.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1142

The World in Medicine

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

  • Alcohol and Suicide Among Racial/Ethnic Populations—17 States, 2005-2006

    JAMA. 2009;302(7):733-734.

Letters

  • Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    • Taishiro Chikamori
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):735.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1187

  • Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    • Aaron I. Vinik,
    • Raelene E. Maser
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):735-736.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1188

  • Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    • Mladen I. Vidovich
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):736.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1189

  • Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes—Reply

    • Frans J. Th. Wackers,
    • Lawrence H. Young
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):736-737.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1190

  • Industry Support and Professional Medical Associations

    • Norman Kahn
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):737.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1191

  • Industry Support and Professional Medical Associations

    • Peter C. Lombardo
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):737-738.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1192

  • Industry Support and Professional Medical Associations

    • Walker L. Ray,
    • Robert L. Addleton
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):738.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1193

  • Industry Support and Professional Medical Associations

    • Robert H. Jackson
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):738.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1194

  • Industry Support and Professional Medical Associations

    • C. Daniel Smith,
    • Jo Buyske,
    • Mark A. Talamini
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):738-739.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1195

  • Industry Support and Professional Medical Associations—Reply

    • David J. Rothman,
    • Walter J. McDonald
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):739.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1196

Corrections

  • Incorrect Unit of Measure in: Does This Patient Have Acute Cholecystitis?

    JAMA. 2009;302(7):739.doi:10.1001/jama.302.7.739

  • Incorrect Disclosure in: Clinical Practice Guidelines and Scientific Evidence

    JAMA. 2009;302(7):739.doi:10.1001/jama.302.7.739-a

Book and Media Reviews

  • Stroke in Children and Young Adults

    • Ian B. Ross
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):799.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1217

  • Health Management for Older Adults: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach

    • Kristin Robie
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):799-800.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1218

  • Manual of Emergency Airway Management

    • Andranik Ovassapian
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):800-802.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1219

  • Flatlined: Resuscitating American Medicine

    • Sheila Lyne,
    • Daniel J. Kacey
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):802-803.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1220

Literatim

  • Experiments and Observations: How William Beaumont and Alexis St. Martin Seized the Moment of Scientific Progress

    • Howard Markel
    JAMA. 2009;302(7):804-806.doi:10.1001/jama.2009.1212

JAMA 100 Years Ago

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Instructions for Authors

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    JAMA. 2009;302(7):E1.doi:10.1001/jama.302.7.E1

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