Arch Intern Med -- Table of Contents (Vol. 156 No. 18, 14 OCTOBER 1996)

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Table of Contents

REGULAR DEPARTMENTS

INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2018.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2036.
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EDITORIALS

Managed Competition: Who Will Win? Who Will Lose?
James E. Dalen
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2033-2035.
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Guidelines, Managed Care, and Ethics
Erich H. Loewy
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2038-2040.
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COMMENTARY

Ethical Decision Making in Managed Care
Paul Clay Sorum
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2041-2045.
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SPECIAL ARTICLES

The Ethics of Practice Guidelines
Jeffrey T. Berger; Fred Rosner
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2051-2056.
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A New Resource for Managing Malpractice Risks in Managed Care
Harold J. Bursztajn
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2057-2063.
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ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS

Appropriateness of Referrals for Open-Access Endoscopy: How Do Physicians in Different Medical Specialties Do?
Ravish J. Mahajan; James S. Barthel; John B. Marshall
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2065-2069.
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Association of Estrogen Replacement Therapy With the Risk of Osteoarthritis of the Hip in Elderly White Women
Michael C. Nevitt; Steven R. Cummings; Nancy E. Lane; Marc C. Hochberg; Jean C. Scott; Alice R. Pressman; Harry K. Genant; Jane A. Cauley
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2073-2080.
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Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in a Hypertensive Patient Population
Geza Simon; Dawn Nordgren; Shirley Connelly; Pamela J. Shultz
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2081-2084.
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Safety and Tolerability of Cholesterol Lowering With Simvastatin During 5 Years in the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study
Terje R. Pedersen; Káre Berg; Thomas J. Cook; Ole Færgeman; Torben Haghfelt; John Kjekshus; Tatu Miettinen; Thomas A. Musliner; Anders G. Olsson; Kalevi Pyörälä; Gudmundur Thorgeirsson; Jonathan A. Tobert; Hans Wedel; Lars Wilhelmsen
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2085-2092.
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Treatment of the Dying in the Acute Care Hospital: Advanced Dementia and Metastatic Cancer
Judith C. Ahronheim; R. Sean Morrison; Shari A. Baskin; Jane Morris; Diane E. Meier
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2094-2100.
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Accuracy of IgM Immunoblotting to Confirm the Clinical Diagnosis of Early Lyme Disease
Steven L. Sivak; Maria E. Aguero-Rosenfeld; John Nowakowski; Robert B. Nadelman; Gary P. Wormser
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2105-2109.
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A Review and Economic Evaluation of Bronchodilator Delivery Methods in Hospitalized Patients
Mark O. Turner; Amiram Gafni; Darlene Swan; J. Mark FitzGerald
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2113-2118.
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Epidemiology and Outcome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia, With Special Emphasis on the Influence of Antibiotic Treatment: Analysis of 189 Episodes
Francesc Vidal; Josep Mensa; Manuel Almela; José-Antonio Martínez; Francesc Marco; Climent Casals; Josep-María Gatell; Eladio Soriano; María-Teresa Jimenez de Anta
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2121-2126.
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A Multi-institutional Study of Care Given to Patients Dying in Hospitals: Ethical and Practice Implications
Kathy Faber-Langendoen
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2130-2136.
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CLINICAL OBSERVATION

Tularemia Presenting as Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Implications in the Era of Managed Care
David N. Fredricks; Jack S. Remington
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2137-2140.
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Editor's Correspondence

Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
Julio Collazos; Maitena García-Cuevas; Eduardo Martínez; Jose Mayo; Iñaki Lekuona
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2141-2148.
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Recent Antipsychotic Regulations in Long-term Care
Donna M. Lisi
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2148.
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Recent Antipsychotic Regulations in Long-term Care-Reply
Déon Cox Hayley; Mark A. Rudberg
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2148.
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Why 'Providers' Instead of Physicians?
Juan J. Olivero
Arch Intern Med. 1996;156(18):2148.
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