1. Determinants of resource utilization for patients admitted for evaluation of acute chest pain

   • I. Steven Udvarhelyi
   • Lee Goldman
   • Thomas H. Lee

   Original Articles Pages: 1 - 10

2. The value of sputum cytology

   • Brendan MacDougall
   • Brian Weinerman

   Original Articles Pages: 11 - 13

3. Growing up in general practice

   • Caryl E. Carpenter

   Reflections Pages: 13 - 13

4. A strategy to improve the utilization of pneumococcal vaccine

   • Carolyn M. Clancy
   • Daniel Gelfman
   • Roy M. Poses

   Original Articles Pages: 14 - 18

5. The effects of mild diastolic hypertension on the results of tests of cognitive function in adults 22 to 59 years of age

   • Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable
   • Thomas J. Coates
   • Walter W. Hauck

   Original Articles Pages: 19 - 25

6. Depression of elderly outpatients

   • Christopher M. Callahan
   • Nancy A. Nienaber
   • William M. Tierney

   Original Articles Pages: 26 - 31

7. Reflections

   • Francis Darwin

   Legacy Pages: 31 - 31

8. Choosing between apples and apples

   • Kaveh T. Safavi
   • Rodney A. Hayward

   Original Articles Pages: 32 - 37

9. The effect of patient gender on the prevalence and recognition of alcoholism on a general medicine inpatient service

   • Neal V. Dawson
   • Gopal Dadheech
   • Daniel S. P. Schubert

   Original Articles Pages: 38 - 45

10. Reflections

    • P. B. Medawar

    Legacy Pages: 45 - 45

11. Physicians’ attitudes toward tube feeding chronically III nursing home patients

    • Sabine M. von Preyss-Friedman
    • Richard F. Uhlmann
    • Kevin C. Cain

    Original Articles Pages: 46 - 51

12. Residency education in the nursing home

    • Paul R. Katz
    • Jurgis Karuza
    • Neil Hall

    Original Articles Pages: 52 - 56

13. Interns’ performances with simulated patients at the beginning and the end of the intern year

    • J. Jill Gordon
    • Nicholas A. Saunders
    • Robert W. Sanson-Fisher

    Original Articles Pages: 57 - 62

14. Validity of the in-training examination for predicting american board of internal medicine certifying examination scores

    • Robert S. Grossman
    • Ruth-Marie E. Fincher
    • Mark A. Levine

    Original Articles Pages: 63 - 67

15. Attending rounds

    • Kurt Kroenke

    Perspectives Pages: 68 - 75

16. Clinical teaching in the ambulatory setting

    • Mariana G. Hewson

    Perspectives Pages: 76 - 82

17. From confrontation to cooperation in the doctor—Patient relationship

    • Muriel R. Gillick

    Perspectives Pages: 83 - 86

18. American board of internal medicine

    Announcement Pages: 86 - 86

19. Current strategies in the diagnosis and management of lower extremity peripheral vascular disease

    • Timothy J. Wilt

    Clinical Reviews Pages: 87 - 101

20. Reflections

    • T. S. Eliot

    Legacy Pages: 101 - 101

21. Perioperative care of the vascular surgery patient

    • Rosanne Granieri
    • David S. Macpherson

    Clinical Reviews Pages: 102 - 113

22. An integrated approach to the treatment of nicotine dependence in a medical center setting

    • Richard D. Hurt
    • Gary G. Lauger
    • Kay M. Eberman

    Brief Report Pages: 114 - 116

23. Cooperation without contract

    • John D. Stoeckle

    Editorial Pages: 117 - 118

24. Forever

    • James E. Casanova

    Reflections Pages: 118 - 118

25. Chronic fatigue syndrome as a “real” disease?

    • Phillip K. Peterson
    • Carlos Schenck
    • Robert A. Aronowitz

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 119 - 120

26. Interpretation of probability terms

    • William O. Robertson
    • Dennis J. Mazur
    • David H. Hickam

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 120 - 120

27. Advance care directives

    • Dominic J. Balestra
    • Louis L. Brunetti
    • Stephanie Carperos

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 120 - 121

28. Ultrasonography for abdominal aortic aneurysm

    • Frank A. Lederle

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 121 - 122

29. Visual impairment and Alzheimer’s disease

    • Cathy A. Alessi
    • Richard F. Uhlmann
    • Larry G. Duckert

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 122 - 122

30. Seizures during detoxification

    • Hong-Shiow Yeh
    • Vasant Dhopesh
    • Iradj Maany

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 123 - 123

31. AIDS and straightening of kinked hair

    • Nav Tej Singh
    • Henry Schneiderman

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 124 - 124

32. Reserpine: A relic from the past or a neglected drug of the present for achieving cost containment in treating hypertension?

    • Gregory J. Magarian

    Erratum Pages: 124 - 124

33. Book reviews

    • Thomas Huddle
    • Richard J. Baron
    • Thomas S. Inui

    BookReview Pages: 125 - 129