Original Articles:

William H. Shrank, Susan L. Ettner, Peter Glassman, and Steven M. Asch

A Bitter Pill: Formulary Variability and the Challenge to Prescribing Physicians
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 401-407. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erin J. Aiello, Diana S. M. Buist, Emily White, Deborah Seger, and Stephen H. Taplin

Rate of Breast Cancer Diagnoses among Postmenopausal Women with Self-Reported Breast Symptoms
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 408-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alan C. Geller, David L. O’Riordan, Susan A. Oliveria, Sabrina Valvo, Mark Teich, and Allan C. Halpern

Overcoming Obstacles to Skin Cancer Examinations and Prevention Counseling for High-Risk Patients: Results of a National Survey of Primary Care Physicians
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 416-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Reviews:

Emma A. Meagher

Addressing Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Focus on Dyslipidemia
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 424-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evidence-Based Clinical Practice:

Thad Wilkins and Ralph A. Gillies

Office-Based Ultrathin Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in a Primary Care Setting
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 438-442. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Family Medicine and the Health Care System:

Leiyu Shi, Lisa H. Green, and Sophia Kazakova

Primary Care Experience and Racial Disparities in Self-Reported Health Status
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 443-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James W. Mold, George E. Fryer, and A. Michelle Roberts

When Do Older Patients Change Primary Care Physicians?
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 453-460. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ethics Feature:

Anne Victoria Neale and Kendra L. Schwartz

A Primer of the HIPAA Privacy Rule for Practice-Based Researchers
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 461-465. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Reports:

William A. Alto

Human Metapneumovirus: A Newly Described Respiratory Tract Pathogen
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 466-469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Renee Crichlow, Jessica Bailey, and Cameron Gardner

Cerebrospinal Fluid Neutrophilic Pleocytosis in Hospitalized West Nile virus Patients
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 470-472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Letters:

Robert Gramling, Jennifer E. Irvin, Justin Nash, Christopher Sciamanna, and Larry Culpepper

Numeracy and Medicine: Key Family Physician Attitudes about Communicating Probability with Patients
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 473. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letter to the Editor:

Thomas E. Norris

Challenges for Family Medicine and for Family Physicians
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 474. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margus Lember and Anneli Rätsep

The Impact of Clinical Practice Guidelines Should Not Be Overestimated
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 474-475. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert M. Wolfe and Lisa K. Sharp

Compliance with Clinical Guidelines and the ‘Law of Thirds’
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 475. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Board News:

Board News
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 476-480. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Author Index to Volume 17:

Author Index to Volume 17, 2004
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 481-483. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Subject Index to Volume 17:

Subject Index to Volume 17, 2004
J Am Board Fam Pract 2004 17: 484-486. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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