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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

The reform of medical education R H Ebert and E Ginzberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A Senator David Durenberger [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A Representative Henry A. Waxman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: The Secretary Of Education William J. Bennett [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A State Health Commissioner David Axelrod [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A Medical Editor Marcia Angell [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A Medical School Dean Stuart Bondurant [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A Medical Student Conrad J. Clemens [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A Teaching Hospital Executive Jerome H. Grossman [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A University President and a Medical School Dean Chase N. Peterson and Cecil O. Samuelson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: The American Medical Association James S. Todd [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: A Policy Analyst Robert J. Blendon [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: The Pharmaceutical Industry Theodore Cooper [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: An Economist Uwe E. Reinhardt [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives: Commercial Health Insurance Carl J. Schramm [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The changing environment of resident physicians A B Silberger, S L Thran, and W D Marder [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Medical schools and the public interest: a conversation with Robert G. Petersdorf. Interview by John K. Iglehart R G Petersdorf [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

The changing profile of education in the health professions E H O'Neil [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Medical education in the United States, 1960-1987 P Jolly [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare Support Of Medical Education C. Ross Anthony [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Veterans Administration And Graduate Medical Education John A. Gronvall [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medical students' specialty choices: the case of internal medicine C G Tudor [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Grants And Grant Outcomes [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Book Review, Legislation, Publications And Reports, Programs [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Letters In This Issue [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Hospital Quality In California Robert Steinbrook, M.D. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Historical Impact Of The Committee On The Costs Of Medical Care Edward Palmer, M.D. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Market Responses To Declines In The Output Of M.D.s Erwin A. Blackstone [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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