Table of Contents

Withdrawing Life Support from Mechanically Ventilated Recipients of Bone Marrow Transplants: A Case for Evidence-Based Guidelines

• Gordon D. Rubenfeld and
• Stephen W. Crawford

Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes in the United States: Epidemiology, Pathogenicity, and Response to Interferon Therapy

• Nizar N. Zein,
• Jorge Rakela,
• Edward L. Krawitt,
• K. Rajender Reddy,
• Tomonari Tominaga,
• and David H. Persing

Important Elements of Outpatient Care: A Comparison of Patients' and Physicians' Opinions

• Christine Laine,
• Frank Davidoff,
• Charles E. Lewis,
• Eugene C. Nelson,
• Elizabeth Nelson,
• Ronald C. Kessler,
• and Thomas L. Delbanco

Diagnosis of 22 New Cases of Bartonella Endocarditis

• Didier Raoult,
• Pierre E. Fournier,
• Michel Drancourt,
• Thomas J. Marrie,
• Jerome Etienne,
• Julie Cosserat,
• Patrice Cacoub,
• Yves Poinsignon,
• Pascale Leclercq,
• and Armine M. Sefton

Association of Fibrinogen with Glycemic Control and Albumin Excretion Rate in Patients with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

• Graziella Bruno,
• Paolo Cavallo-Perin,
• Giuseppe Bargero,
• Milena Borra,
• Nicola D'Errico,
• and Gianfranco Pagano

Hepatitis C

• Ala I. Sharara,
• Christine M. Hunt,
• and John D. Hamilton

The Medicalization of Race: Scientific Legitimization of a Flawed Social Construct

• Ritchie Witzig

Immunologic Dissonance: A Continuing Evolution in Our Understanding of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) and the Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS)

• Roger C. Bone

Medical Futility: Response to Critiques

• Lawrence J. Schneiderman,
• Nancy S. Jecker,
• and Albert R. Jonsen

Odds and Ends: Trust and the Debate over Medical Futility

• Arthur L. Caplan

Everyone Sang

• Frank Davidoff

The Bet

• Dennis H. Novack

Midline Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients

• John P. Manzella,
• Geraldine A. Stott,
• and Deborah Maust

Midline Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients

• A.J. Moorcroft,
• R. Niven,
• and S. Quantrill

Midline Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients

• Timothy C. Evans

Midline Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients

• Abba I. Terr and
• Daniel A. Bloch

Midline Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients

• M. Eric Gershwin

Midline Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients

• Suzanne Parisian

Midline Catheterization in Hospitalized Patients

• Leonard A. Mermel,
• Stephen Parenteau,
• and Sen Mee Tow

Efficacy of Holter Monitors

• David A. Lantz

Efficacy of Holter Monitors

• Scott Kinlay and
• James W. Leitch

Bell Palsy and Herpes Simplex Virus

• P.P. Devriese

Bell Palsy and Herpes Simplex Virus

• Shingo Murakami and
• Naoaki Yanagihara

Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C

• Marvin A. Chinitz

Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C

• Adrian M. Di Bisceglie and
• Jay H. Hoofnagle

Treatment of α-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, Massive Edema, and Panniculitis with α-1 Protease Inhibitor

• Nancy Lee Furey,
• Robert S. Golden,
• and Steven R. Potts

Effect of Ethinyl Estradiol on Chronic Active Hepatitis

• Joseph M. Guattery,
• William W. Faloon,
• and Daniel L. Biery

Spinal Accessory Nerve Injury as a Complication of Internal Jugular Vein Cannulation

• Stephen Burns and
• Gerald J. Herbison

Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Associated with Parvovirus B19 Infection

• Akira Kasuga,
• Reiko Harada,
• and Takao Saruta

Pancreatitis Induced by Clarithromycin

• Leibovitch Liviu,
• Levy Yair,
• and Shoenfeld Yehuda

Pruritus Associated with Cholestatic Liver Disease

• Y. Horsmans and
• A.P. Geubel

Correction: Relapsing Group B Streptococcal Infection

Correction: Author Address

Reviews and Notes: On the Ledge: A Doctor's Stories from the Inner City

• Rita Charon

Reviews and Notes: HIV Medicine: Strong Shadows: Scenes from an Inner City AIDS Clinic

• Susan J. Rehm

Reviews and Notes: Policy: Bringing the Hospital Home: Ethical and Social Implications of High-Tech Home Care

• Karen Buhler-Wilkerson

Reviews and Notes: Policy: Reproductive Health Care for Women and Babies: Policy and Ethics

Reviews and Notes: Dermatology: Eye and Skin Disease

• J. B. Ross

Reviews and Notes: Hematology: Living with Haemophilia

Reviews and Notes: Tropical Medicine: Color Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Reviews and Notes: Hepatology: Atlas of Clinical Hepatology

Reviews and Notes: Informatics: Principles of Surgical Research

Reviews and Notes: Informatics: Studying a Study and Testing a Test: How To Read the Health Science Literature

There but fortune

• Karen E. Victor