1. Rational decision making based on history

   • Carolyn M. Clancy
   • Robert M. Centor
   • Harry P. Dalton

   Original Articles Pages: 213 - 217

2. Quality of life following intensive care

   • Donald L. Patrick
   • Marion Danis
   • Guiyoung Hong

   Original Articles Pages: 218 - 223

3. Patient priorities for behavioral change

   • Jeffrey C. Levenkron
   • Philip Greenland

   Original Articles Pages: 224 - 229

4. Cancer as a cause of back pain

   • Richard A. Deyo
   • Andrew K. Diehl

   Original Articles Pages: 230 - 238

5. Lengths of stay of patients with uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction at three Boston hospitals

   • Thomas H. Lee
   • Lawrence K. Gottlieb
   • Barbara J. McNeil

   Original Articles Pages: 239 - 244

6. Urgency in seeking medical care for specific symptoms

   • Barbara J. Turner
   • Rita M. Nido

   Original Articles Pages: 245 - 249

7. Distribution of patients between faculty and residents in a teaching hospital clinic

   • Kenneth M. Flegel
   • John R. Hoey
   • Stanley H. Shapiro

   Original Articles Pages: 250 - 253

8. Transfer bias and the association of cognitive impairment with falls

   • David M. Buchner
   • Eric B. Larson

   Original Articles Pages: 254 - 259

9. The hazards of using active clinic patients as a source of subjects for clinical studies

   • Allan S. Detsky
   • Keith O’Rourke
   • Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy

   Original Articles Pages: 260 - 266

10. The medicalization of normal variants

    • Timothy E. Quill
    • Mack Lipkin Jr.
    • Philip Greenland

    Perspectives Pages: 267 - 276

11. Preoperative evaluation of pulmonary risk factors

    • David N. Mohr
    • James R. Jett

    Clinical Reviews Pages: 277 - 287

12. Distal deep vein thrombosis

    • Linda R. Powers

    Clinical Reviews Pages: 288 - 293

13. The practice of medicine on the telephone

    • Peter Curtis

    Editorials Pages: 294 - 296

14. Case mix in ambulatory educational settings

    • Martin F. Shapiro

    Editorials Pages: 296 - 297

15. Epidemiologic methods and methodologic vigilance

    • Ralph I. Horwitz
    • David F. Ransohoff

    Editorials Pages: 298 - 299

16. From clinical epidemiology to clinical economics

    • John M. Eisenberg

    Editorials Pages: 299 - 300

17. Elegy for an old soldier

    • David L. Schiedermayer

    Reflections Pages: 301 - 301

18. The likelihood of bacteremia

    • Winslow Engel
    • Harvey J. Makadon

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 302 - 302

19. “Do not resuscitate” decisions

    • Timothy E. Quill
    • Mark W. Frampton
    • Raymond J. Mayewski

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 302 - 303

20. Information obtained from patients

    • Thomas C. Jackson
    • David J. Steele
    • Judith Hall

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 303 - 304

21. Osler on probability

    • Anand Date

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 304 - 304

22. Dynamic pretest probability

    • James P. Whalen

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 304 - 304

23. Phasing in SI units

    • Robert Matz

    Letters To The Editors Pages: 304 - 305

24. Substance abuse

    • Judyann Bigby
    • Henrietta N. Barnes
    • Donald E. Girard

    An Annotated Bibliography For General Internists Pages: 306 - 311

25. Book reviews

    • Robert
    • Suzanne Fletcher
    • William B. Herring

    BookReview Pages: 312 - 314

26. Books received but not reviewed

    Announcement Pages: 314 - 315