JAMA -- Table of Contents (Vol. 278 No. 23, December 17, 1997)

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Table of Contents

ARTICLES

The Cover
M. Thérèse Southgate
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2038.
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Poetry and Medicine
Jack Coulehan
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2038.
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Abstracts
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2038.
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The World in Medicine
Rebecca Voelker
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2053.
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Health Agencies Update
Joan Stephenson
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2054.
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Resident Forum
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2120.
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Obituary Listing
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2120.
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JAMA Reader's Choice: Continuing Medical Education
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2121-2122.
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Original Contributions

Risk of End-stage Renal Disease in Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study of Men Screened for MRFIT
Frederick L. Brancati; Paul K. Whelton; Bryan L. Randall; James D. Neaton; Jeremiah Stamler; Michael J. Klag
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2069-2074.
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Implementation of the Ottawa Knee Rule for the Use of Radiography in Acute Knee Injuries
Ian G. Stiell; George A. Wells; Roger H. Hoag; Marco L. A. Sivilotti; Teresa F. Cacciotti; P. Richard Verbeek; Keith T. Greenway; Ian McDowell; A. Adam Cwinn; Gary H. Greenberg; Graham Nichol; John A. Michael
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2075-2079.
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Quality of Care, Process, and Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Pneumonia
Thomas P. Meehan; Michael J. Fine; Harlan M. Krumholz; Jeanne D. Scinto; Deron H. Galusha; Joyce T. Mockalis; Georgina F. Weber; Marcia K. Petrillo; Peter M. Houck; Jonathan M. Fine
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2080-2084.
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Risk Factors and Clinical Presentation of Acute Primary HIV Infection in India
Robert C. Bollinger; Ronald S. Brookmeyer; Sanjay M. Mehendale; Ramesh S. Paranjape; Mary E. Shepherd; Deepak A. Gadkari; Thomas C. Quinn
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2085-2089.
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Brief Reports

Spread of HIV Infection in Married Monogamous Women in India
Raman R. Gangakhedkar; Margaret E. Bentley; Anand D. Divekar; Deepak Gadkari; Sanjay M. Mehendale; Mary E. Shepherd; Robert C. Bollinger; Thomas C. Quinn
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2090-2092.
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Reviews

Comparison of Primary Coronary Angioplasty and Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Quantitative Review
W. Douglas Weaver; R. John Simes; Amadeo Betriu; Cindy L. Grines; Felix Zijlstra; Eulogio Garcia; Lilliana Grinfeld; Raymond J. Gibbons; Expedito E. Ribeiro; Marcus A. DeWood; Flavio Ribichini
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2093-2098.
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Patient-Physician Relationship

A Clinimetric Approach to the Components of the Patient-Physician Relationship
William H. Sledge; Alvan R. Feinstein
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2043-2048.
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Health Law and Ethics

Palliative Options of Last Resort: A Comparison of Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking, Terminal Sedation, Physician-Assisted Suicide, and Voluntary Active Euthanasia
Timothy E. Quill; Bernard Lo; Dan W. Brock
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2099-2104.
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Commentaries

Preserving Scientific Debate and Patient Choice: Lessons From the Consensus Panel on Mammography Screening
Steven H. Woolf; Robert S. Lawrence
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2105-2108.
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Editorials

Translating Good Advice Into Better Practice
Thomas H. Lee; Herbert L. Cooper
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2108-2109.
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Primary Angioplasty Compared With Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Salim Yusuf; Janice Pogue
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2110-2111.
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Complementary, Alternative, Unconventional, and Integrative Medicine: Call for Papers for the Annual Coordinated Theme Issues of the AMA Journals
Phil B. Fontanarosa; George D. Lundberg
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2111-2112.
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Letters

Mortality and Length of Stay in Teaching vs Nonteaching Hospitals
Mark S. Blumberg
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2062.
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Mortality and Length of Stay in Teaching vs Nonteaching Hospitals
Norman A. Desbiens
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2062.
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Mortality and Length of Stay in Teaching vs Nonteaching Hospitals
Mary Anne Schultz
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2062-2063.
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Mortality and Length of Stay in Teaching vs Nonteaching Hospitals-Reply
Gary E. Rosenthal; Gregory S. Cooper
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2063.
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Prepublication of NIH Consensus Conferences on the Internet
John H. Ferguson; William H. Hall
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2063-2064.
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Correction and Clarification: Factors Contributing to the Death of General Stonewall Jackson
Robert J. Turner III
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2064.
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Correction and Clarification: Factors Contributing to the Death of General Stonewall Jackson-Reply
William L. Harlan
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2064.
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Early Discharge of Newborns
Alvah R. Cass; Robert J. Volk
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2064-2065.
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Early Discharge of Newborns
Joseph V. Cook Jr; Charles L. Woronick; Howard W. Wetstone; Patricia Lariviere; David V. Williams
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2065.
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Early Discharge of Newborns
William L. Lupatkin
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2065-2066.
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Early Discharge of Newborns
Anthony F. Jerant; Ted D. Epperly
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2066.
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Early Discharge of Newborns-Reply
Lenna L. Liu; David K. Shay; Robert L. Davis; Alvin H. Novack; Conrad J. Clemens
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2066.
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Early Discharge of Newborns-Reply
M. Bruce Edmonson; Jeffrey J. Stoddard
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2066-2067.
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Early Discharge of Newborns-Reply
Susan Egerter; Paula Braveman; Julius Richmond; Woodie Kessel
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2067.
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NEWS AND ANALYSIS

Medical News & Perspectives

Worry Grows as Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Continue to Gain Ground
Joan Stephenson
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2049-2050.
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Studies Suggest a Darker Side of 'Benign' Microbes
Joan Stephenson
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2051-2052.
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Miscellanea Medica
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2052.
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From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Impact of Promotion of the Great American Smokeout and Availability of Over-the-Counter Nicotine Medications, 1996
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2055-2056.
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State-Specific Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking Among Adults, and Children's and Adolescents' Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke—United States, 1996
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2056-2057.
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Medical-Care Expenditures Attributable to Cigarette Smoking During Pregnancy—United States, 1995
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2058-2059.
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Satellite Broadcast on Managing Occupational Exposures to HIV
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2059.
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Publication of Summary of Notifiable Diseases—United States, 1996
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2059.
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A Piece of My Mind

Whispering Through the Keyhole
Brent W. Beasley
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2061.
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JAMA 100 Years Ago

STUDIES IN GYNECOLOGY FROM THE SERVICE OF THE WOMAN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA.
ANNA M. FULLERTON
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2115.
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Books, Journals, New Media

Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System
Frank Iber
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2116.
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Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis
Frank K. Thorp
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2116-2117.
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The Lung: Scientific Foundations
Tee L. Guidotti
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2117.
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Physiological Origins of Heart Sounds and Murmurs: The Unique Interactive Guide to Cardiac Diagnosis
Vincent J. Felitti
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2117-2118.
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Atlas of the Visible Human Male: Reverse Engineering of the Human Body
Stanley W. Jacob
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2118-2119.
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Received
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2119-2120.
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Form the JAMA Web Sites

Effect of CCR2 and CCR5 Variants on HIV Disease Abstract and Commentary
Ronald G. Collman
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2113-2114.
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Corrections

Incorrect Reference.—
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2067.
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Reference Directories

Meetings of Medical Interest: I. Meetings in the United States II. International Meetings
JAMA. 1997;278(23):2040-2042.
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