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Publisher's Letter

Publisher's Letter William B. Walsh M.D. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

From The Editor

From The Editor John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Science and the media: the boundaries of truth J A Winsten [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Preferred provider organizations: performance, problems, and promise J Gabel and D Ermann [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Why Britain's conservatives support a socialist health care system R Klein [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Arbitrary access to care: the case for reforming Medicaid T C Joe, J Meltzer, and P Yu [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mental health and social policy: initiatives for the 1980s D Mechanic [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Graduate medical education: a proposal for reform D Quayle [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Small area variations studies: illuminating or misleading? F D Moore [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The World Health Organization and "health for all" A B Morrison [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Health status and medical care utilization D A Crozier [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

A Western Perspective On Indigent Care Paul J. Drozd [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Index

Index [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors