1. Reading the dregs

   • Robert L. Kane

   Editorial Pages: 157 - 158

2. Observations on the seasonal variation of the most common acute pediatric diseases in the Helsinki area (Finland)

   • Heikki Peltola

   Research Reports Pages: 159 - 170

3. An educational and behavioral approach toward increasing patient activation in hypertension management

   • Donald E. Morisky
   • Michael H. Bowler
   • Jack S. Finlay

   Research Reports Pages: 171 - 182

4. Compliance with medication regimens among chronically ill, inner city patients

   • James Y. Greene
   • Morris Weinberger
   • Joseph J. Mamlin

   Research Reports Pages: 183 - 193

5. Maternal and child health

   • Gilbert S. Omenn

   Commentary Pages: 194 - 210

6. Continuing medical education: Does it address prevention?

   • Armin Weinberg
   • Peter L. Andrus

   Commentary Pages: 211 - 214

7. Third party cost containment and the physician-patient relationship: A case study

   • George A. Goldberg
   • Warren Greenberg

   Case History Pages: 215 - 230

8. Book reviews

   • Michele G. Greene
   • Erica Wexman Levin
   • George E. Miller

   BookReview Pages: 231 - 234

9. Letter to the editor

   • Forest S. Tennant Jr.

   Letter Pages: 235 - 236