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Volume 15, Number 1 • January 2002
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Outcomes of a pain management educational initiative at Baylor University Medical Center
C. E. Noe, R. F. Haynsworth, Jr., M. A. E. Ramsay, R. L. Vera, T. A. Racz, T. Clark, J. Aguanno, J. Steves, and E. Ganter
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Can psychological distress be detected by response to a needle stick?
R. F. Haynsworth, Jr., T. Clark, C. E. Noe, J. Holmes, and E. Havemann
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Baylor Health Care System's Office of Tobacco Education and Research: inception and evolution
S. Pollex and J. Adams
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Sildenafil—a possible treatment for acute pulmonary hypertension during cardiac surgery
W. Wheeler, S. Hayes, N. Nguyen, A. M. Cilla, J. Rybowicz, C. C. Jones, M. A. E. Ramsay, S. A. Hall, D. Meyer, J. Capehart, M. E. Jessen, and S. Ring
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Iron-deficiency anemia due to silent celiac sprue
R. T. Waldo
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A heart defect found upon self-examination in an asymptomatic patient
D. L. Glancy and S. E. Staggs
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Effective governance: the roles and responsibilities of board members
D. L. Arnwine
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Making Baylor Health Care System special
B. L. Harbour
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The use of pejorative terms to describe patients: "Dirtball" revisited
P. E. Dans
Interview
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Julie Michelle O'Bryan, MS: a conversation with the editor on cardiac rehabilitation at Baylor University Medical Center
J. M. O'Bryan and W. C. Roberts
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Ronald Coy Jones, MD: a conversation with the editor
R. C. Jones and W. C. Roberts
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Peter Emanuel Dans, MD: a conversation with the editor
P. E. Dans and W. C. Roberts
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Departments
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Reflections—The aging of America: culture, stress, and sex
M. M. Free
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Health care research and improvement—Crossing the quality chasm: lessons from health care quality improvement efforts in England
R. Madhok
Invited commentaries:
K. Smithson and F. Davila

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Case discussion—Dyspnea with hemoglobin SC disease
L. S. Bang, R. D. Black, S. A. Hall, and W. C. Roberts
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Radiology report—Peptic ulcer disease, hyperparathyroidism, and pituitary tumor
W. J. Bufkin
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Dermatology report—Vesicular eruption including the mouth
J. C. Cather and M. A. Menter
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Electrocardiographic report—Rapidly progressive dyspnea
J. A. Mustapha and D. L. Glancy
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Pharmacology notes—Caspofungin: the first agent available in the echinocandin class of antifungals
J. Rybowicz and C. Gurk-Turner
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Mediocolegal issues—Defending claims related to prescribing drugs or using medical devices
R. G. Thornton
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From the editor—Facts and ideas from anywhere
W. C. Roberts
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