1. Effect of local standards on the implementation of national guidelines for asthma

   • Harold A. Picken
   • Sheldon Greenfield
   • John N. Landis

   Original Articles Pages: 659 - 663

2. The effectiveness of cost-effectiveness analysis in containing costs

   • Nassir A. Azimi
   • H. Gilbert Welch

   Original Articles Pages: 664 - 669

3. Effect of evaluator and resident gender on the American board of internal medicine evaluation scores

   • Victoria E. Rand
   • Esther S. Hudes
   • Andrew L. Avins

   Original Articles Pages: 670 - 674

4. Announcement

   Announcement Pages: 674 - 674

5. A taxonomy for goal setting in the care of persons with dementia

   • Sidney T. Bogardus Jr.
   • Elizabeth H. Bradley
   • Mary E. Tinetti

   Original Articles Pages: 675 - 680

6. Announcement

   Announcement Pages: 680 - 680

7. Patients’ trust in their physicians

   • Audiey C. Kao
   • Diane C. Green
   • Paul D. Cleary

   Original Articles Pages: 681 - 686

8. Relation of low-severity violence to women’s health

   • Jeanne McCauley
   • David E. Kern
   • Eric B. Bass

   Original Articles Pages: 687 - 691

9. Alcohol counseling

   • Abigail Adams
   • Judith K. Ockene
   • Thomas G. Hurley

   Original Articles Pages: 692 - 698

10. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 698 - 698

11. A bedside clinical prediction rule for detecting moderate or severe aortic stenosis

    • Edward Etchells
    • Vivian Glenns
    • Samuel Siu

    Original Articles Pages: 699 - 704

12. Announcement

    Announcement Pages: 704 - 704

13. Eligibility for home care certification what clinicians should know

    • Tom J. Wachtel
    • David R. Gifford

    Perspectives Pages: 705 - 709

14. Call for clinical reviews

    Announcement Pages: 709 - 709

15. Self-referral for screening mammography

    • Lisa Gale Suter
    • Joann G. Elmore

    Brief Report Pages: 710 - 713

16. Thoughts in medical school

    • Lora Collier

    Reflections Pages: 713 - 713

17. Practice guidelines for practicing doctors

    • Kevin B. Weiss

    Editorials Pages: 714 - 715

18. Interpretation of cost-effectiveness analyses

    • Douglas K. Owens

    Editorials Pages: 716 - 717

19. A tale of two walls

    • Hollis Day
    • Bruce Kinosian

    Editorials Pages: 718 - 719

20. The silence of the doctors: A voice in support of managed care

    • Arthur Rifkin
    • David Himmelsten
    • Steffie Woolhandler

    Letters To The editor Pages: 720 - 720

21. Book review

    • David Kent

    BookReview Pages: 721 - 722

22. For V. H., dying of cervical cancer at Cook County Hospital

    • Margaret Gourlay

    Reflections Pages: 722 - 722

23. The grandma fund

    • Mark Linzer

    Reflections Pages: 723 - 723

24. Sewing lessens

    • Adam Franklin Strassberg

    Reflections Pages: 724 - 726