JAMA -- Table of Contents (Vol. 278 No. 12, September 24, 1997)

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Table of Contents

ARTICLES

End-of-life care movement growing
A. A. Skolnick
JAMA. 1997;278:967-969.

Views of assisted suicide from several nations
P. Phillips
JAMA. 1997;278:969-970.

Patients' lack of literacy may contribute to billions of dollars in higher hospital costs
C. Marwick
JAMA. 1997;278:971-972.

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Regional variations in suicide rates--United States, 1990-1994
JAMA. 1997;278:974-975.

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nonpolio enterovirus surveillance--United States, 1993-1996
JAMA. 1997;278:975.

A piece of my mind. The house call
R. H. Lands
JAMA. 1997;278:976.

Clinical crossroads: an 88-year-old woman facing the end of life
V. A. Portnoi
JAMA. 1997;278:977.

Clinical crossroads: an 88-year-old woman facing the end of life
G. L. Solomon
JAMA. 1997;278:977.

Genetic testing for Alzheimer disease
K. B. Tracy
JAMA. 1997;278:978-979.

Clinical crossroads: an 88-year-old woman facing the end of life
J. R. Williams; B. M. Kinzbrunner; D. Gomez
JAMA. 1997;278:978.

A violence prevention curriculum
J. Green; N. Wintfeld
JAMA. 1997;278:979-980.

Predicting pathological stage of localized prostate cancer
J. Naitoh; F. Dorey; J. B. deKernion
JAMA. 1997;278:980-981.

Predicting pathological stage of localized prostate cancer
J. A. Petros
JAMA. 1997;278:981.

More names for depression: is a rose a rose?
R. D. Reynolds
JAMA. 1997;278:982.

Symptomatic improvement of premenstrual dysphoric disorder with sertraline treatment. A randomized controlled trial. Sertraline Premenstrual Dysphoric Collaborative Study Group
K. A. Yonkers; U. Halbreich; E. Freeman; C. Brown; J. Endicott; E. Frank; B. Parry; T. Pearlstein; S. Severino; A. Stout; A. Stone; W. Harrison
JAMA. 1997;278:983-988.
ABSTRACT

Antibiotic therapy for reduction of infant morbidity after preterm premature rupture of the membranes. A randomized controlled trial. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network
B. M. Mercer; M. Miodovnik; G. R. Thurnau; R. L. Goldenberg; A. F. Das; R. D. Ramsey; Y. A. Rabello; P. J. Meis; A. H. Moawad; J. D. Iams; J. P. Van Dorsten; R. H. Paul; S. F. Bottoms; G. Merenstein; E. A. Thom; J. M. Roberts; D. McNellis
JAMA. 1997;278:989-995.
ABSTRACT

Impact of free vaccine and insurance status on physician referral of children to public vaccine clinics
R. K. Zimmerman; A. R. Medsger; E. M. Ricci; M. Raymund; T. A. Mieczkowski; S. Grufferman
JAMA. 1997;278:996-1000.
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Method of Medicare reimbursement and the rate of potentially ineffective care of critically ill patients
D. J. Cher; L. A. Lenert
JAMA. 1997;278:1001-1007.
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The risk of bovine spongiform encephalopathy ('mad cow disease') to human health
P. Brown
JAMA. 1997;278:1008-1011.
ABSTRACT

Changing seasonality of mortality from coronary heart disease
D. Seretakis; P. Lagiou; L. Lipworth; L. B. Signorello; K. J. Rothman; D. Trichopoulos
JAMA. 1997;278:1012-1014.
ABSTRACT

A 42-year-old man with hypertension
S. Oparil
JAMA. 1997;278:1015-1021.

A 65-year-old man with an inguinal hernia, 1 year later
T. L. Delbanco; J. Daley; E. E. Hartman
JAMA. 1997;278:1021.

Lessons from the influenza vaccine recall of 1996-1997
G. A. Poland
JAMA. 1997;278:1022-1023.

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder. What's that?
J. H. Gold
JAMA. 1997;278:1024-1025.

Aggressive medical care at the end of life. Does capitated reimbursement encourage the right care for the wrong reason?
J. R. Curtis; G. D. Rubenfeld
JAMA. 1997;278:1025-1026.

Settling short on tobacco. Let the trials begin
A. M. Brandt; J. B. Richmond
JAMA. 1997;278:1028.

Influence of physician confidentiality assurances on adolescents' willingness to disclose information and seek future health care. A randomized controlled trial
C. A. Ford; S. G. Millstein; B. L. Halpern-Felsher; C. E. Irwin Jr
JAMA. 1997;278:1029-1034.
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