New Issue of Journal of the American Medical Association is Now Available

February 18, 2009

JAMA (Volume 301, Number 6, February 11, 2009) is now available by subscription only.

Articles Include:

• “Effects of Care Coordination on Hospitalization, Quality of Care, and Health Care Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries: 15 Randomized Trials” by Deborah Peikes, Arnold Chen, Jennifer Schore, and Randall Brown, 603-618.
• “Referring a Patient and Family to High-Quality Palliative Care at the Close of Life: ‘We Met a New Personality . . . With This Level of Compassion and Empathy'” by Joan M. Teno and Stephen R. Connor, 651-659.
• “Science, Politics, and Values: The Politicization of Professional Practice Guidelines” by John D. Kraemer and Lawrence O. Gostin, 665-667.
• “The Elusive Quest for Quality and Cost Savings in the Medicare Program” by John Z. Ayanian, 668-670.
• “Taking Control of Prosthetic Arms” by Gerald E. Loeb, 670-671.