1. Are current therapies useful for the prevention of postherpetic neuralgia?

   • Kenneth E. Schmader
   • Stephanie Studenski

   Original Articles Pages: 83 - 89

2. Validity and reliability of auditory screening tests in demented and non-demented older adults

   • Richard F. Uhlmann
   • Thomas S. Rees
   • Larry G. Duckert

   Original Articles Pages: 90 - 96

3. Disposable insulin syringe reuse and aseptic practices in diabetic patients

   • David R. Thomas
   • Rick G. Fischer
   • Jance N. Thomas

   Original Articles Pages: 97 - 100

4. Development and testing of a new measure of health status for clinical trials in heart failure

   • Gordon H. Guyatt
   • Sharon Nogradi
   • Ernest L. Fallen

   Original Articles Pages: 101 - 107

5. House officer interviewing techniques

   • James O. Woolliscroft
   • Judith G. Calhoun
   • Bryce Templeton

   Original Articles Pages: 108 - 114

6. The effect of resident involvement on community hospital charges

   • Patrick M. Dunn
   • Dorothy F. Parker
   • John P. Mullooly

   Original Articles Pages: 115 - 120

7. The teacher simulation exercise

   • Kathryn Rost
   • Geoffrey H. Gordon
   • The Sgim Task Force on the Medical Interview

   Original Articles Pages: 121 - 126

8. The invention and development of American internal medicine

   • Joel D. Howell

   Original Articles Pages: 127 - 133

9. On speaking a foreign language

   • David L. Anders

   Reflections Pages: 133 - 133

10. The internist of the future

    • Stephen E. Goldfinger

    Perspectives Pages: 134 - 136

11. Residency training in the inpatient setting

    • M. Andrew Greganti
    • Suzanne W. Fletcher

    Perspectives Pages: 136 - 138

12. Evaluating internists’ clinical competence

    • John M. Eisenberg

    Perspectives Pages: 139 - 143

13. An approach to dyspepsia in the ambulatory care setting

    • Steven C. Zell
    • Meenakshi Budhraja

    Clinical Reviews Pages: 144 - 150

14. Chest pain of esophageal origin

    • Anil K. Rustgi
    • Sanjiv Chopra

    Clinical Reviews Pages: 151 - 159

15. Using patients’ descriptions of alcohol consumption, diet, medication compliance, and cigarette smoking

    • Victor J. Strecher
    • Marshall H. Becker
    • Patricia Prasada-Rao

    Review Pages: 160 - 166

16. Trade-offs in treatment alternatives for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

    • Robert M. Kaplan
    • Theodore G. Ganiats

    Controversial Issue Pages: 167 - 171

17. Professional responsibility

    • Sol Levine

    Editorials Pages: 172 - 173

18. Allocation and the physician

    • D. Joanne Lynn

    Editorials Pages: 173 - 174

19. Rolling boulders and prescribing pills

    • Arthur T. Evans

    Editorials Pages: 174 - 176

20. JGIm’s new editor

    Editorials Pages: 176 - 176

21. Work-up bias as an explanation for variations in sensitivity and specificity

    • John T. Philbrick
    • Edward J. Boyko
    • Anna E. Baron

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 177 - 177

22. Panic disorder and misdiagnosis of mitral valve prolapse

    • Gregory E. Simon
    • Timothy E. Quill
    • Philip Greenland

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 177 - 178

23. Hyperuricemia in the diagnosis of gout

    • Stanley L. Wallace
    • Michael J. Lichtenstein
    • Theodore Pincus

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 178 - 179

24. Book reviews

    • C. Stewart Rogers
    • Arthur W. Feinberg

    BookReview Pages: 180 - 182