Editors' Note:

Marjorie A. Bowman and Anne Victoria Neale

In This Issue: Mini-Theme on Geriatric Care and Cancer Screening
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 231-233. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial Office News and Notes:

Phillip Lupo, Anne Victoria Neale, and Marjorie A. Bowman

Introduction of More Editorial Board Members and the Most Frequently Read Articles in 2008
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 234-238. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentaries:

Gregg Warshaw

Providing Quality Primary Care to Older Adults
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 239-241. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laura M. Gottlieb

Learning from Alma Ata: The Medical Home and Comprehensive Primary Health Care
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 242-246. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Original Research:

Ravinder Mohan, Hind Beydoun, Myra L. Barnes-Ely, LaShonda Lee, John W. Davis, Raymond Lance, and Paul Schellhammer

Patients’ Survival Expectations before Localized Prostate Cancer Treatment by Treatment Status
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 247-256. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shawna V. Hudson, Pamela Ohman-Strickland, Jeanne M. Ferrante, Grace Lu-Yao, A. John Orzano, and Benjamin F. Crabtree

Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing among the Elderly in Community-Based Family Medicine Practices
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 257-265. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael L. Grover, Jesse D. Bracamonte, Anup K. Kanodia, Frederick D. Edwards, and Amy L. Weaver

Urinary Tract Infection in Women Over the Age of 65: Is Age Alone a Marker of Complication?
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 266-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carmen E. Guerra, Melani Sherman, and Katrina Armstrong

Diffusion of Breast Cancer Risk Assessment in Primary Care
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 272-279. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeanette M. Daly, Arthur J. Hartz, Yinghui Xu, Barcey T. Levy, Paul A. James, Mary L. Merchant, and Robert E. Garrett

An Assessment of Attitudes, Behaviors, and Outcomes of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 280-290. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karl A. Lorenz, Cathy D. Sherbourne, Lisa R. Shugarman, Lisa V. Rubenstein, Li Wen, Angela Cohen, Joy R. Goebel, Emily Hagenmeier, Barbara Simon, Andy Lanto, and Steven M. Asch

How Reliable is Pain as the Fifth Vital Sign?
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 291-298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Richard Niska and Beth Han

Anticoagulation for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Ambulatory Care Settings
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 299-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel L. Howard, April P. Carson, DaJuanicia N. Holmes, and Jay S. Kaufman

Consistency of Care and Blood Pressure Control among Elderly African Americans and Whites with Hypertension
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 307-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Reviews:

Daniel K. Lee and Gerit D. Mulder

Foot and Ankle Surgery: Considerations for the Geriatric Patient
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 316-324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adam D. Perry and John P. Trafeli

Hand Dermatitis: Review of Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 325-330. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Report:

Wei-Yuan Chuang, Yao-Tsung Chuang, and Kwo-Chang Ueng

Fourteen-Year Follow-up in a Teenager with Congenital Long QT Syndrome Masquerading as Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 331-334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reflections In Family Medicine:

Renate G. Justin

Serendipity
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 335-336. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Letter:

Brett White, Lyndee Knox, Monica Zepeda, Dennis Mull, and Felix Nunez

Impact of Immigration on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use in Hispanic Patients
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 337-338. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence:

Paula P. Cox-North

Re: The Relationship of Hepatitis Antibodies and Elevated Liver Enzymes with Impaired Fasting Glucose and Undiagnosed Diabetes
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 339. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Board News:

Jane Ireland

Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) – 2009 Update
J Am Board Fam Med 2009 22: 340-341. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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