A new Issue of Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

June 13, 2007

As pre-released online. Full content is available by subscription only.

Brief Reports

“Mortality Risk in Older Inner-City African Americans” by Theodore K. Malmstrom, PhD, Elena M. Andresen, PhD, Fredric D. Wolinsky, PhD J. Philip Miller, AB, Kathryn Stamps, MPH, and Douglas K. Miller, MD

“Energy Requirements in Hospitalized Elderly People” by Emmanuel Alix, MD, Gilles Berrut, MD, PhD Maryvonne Boré, MD, Françoise Bouthier-Quintard, MD, Jean Marie Buia, MD, André Chlala, MD, Yves Cledat, MD, Geneviève d’Orsay, MD, Christian Lavigne, MD, Régis Levasseur, MD, Jean Baptiste Mouzet, MD, Marie Pierre Ombredanne, MD, Agnès Sallé, MD, PhD, Cathy Gaillard, BSc, and Patrick Ritz, MD, PhD

Clinical Investigations

“Healthcare Costs of Acute and Chronic Pain Associated with a Diagnosis of Herpes Zoster” by Robert H. Dworkin, PhD, Richard White, PhD, Alec B. O’Connor, MD, Onur Baser, PhD, and Kevin Hawkins, PhD

“Increased Satisfaction with Care and Lower Costs: Results of a Randomized Trial of In-Home Palliative Care” by Richard Brumley, MD, Susan Enguidanos, PhD, MPH, Paula Jamison, BA, Rae Seitz, MD, Nora Morgenstern, MD, Sherry Saito, MD, Jan McIlwane, MSW, Kristine Hillary, RNP, and Jorge Gonzalez, BA