Objectives: Introducing new ideas such as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)
and evidence-based medicine (EBM) to medical students early in their education may help to …

Introduction: We determined whether family physicians (FPs) who distribute free sample
medications are more likely to prescribe those medications than physicians who do not. Methods…

BACKGROUND Inadequate access to their primary care physician remains a major reason
for patient dissatisfaction in ambulatory care. The concept of open-access appointment …

Cigar smoking is rapidly increasing. Studies have exposed the move to cigar smoking by
smokers who do not necessarily believe cigar smoking is risky behavior. However, cigar …

… Barbalee Symm contributed to study concept and design, data collection, data interpretation,
manuscript preparation, and literature search. Saundra Mason was involved in study …

Background: Numerous studies indicate that Papanicolaou smears contain better cellular
material when the technique for collecting the sample employs the Zelsmyn Cytobrush ™. Few …

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in prescribing practices
between physicians who dispense free samples and those physicians who do not dispense …

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were differences in prescribing practices
between physicians who dispense free samples and those physicians who do not dispense …

It was a good year—1999. One of our Scott and White Medical Directors had been sent
elsewhere to learn about Chronic Disease Management (CDM) and implement a pilot CDM …

Correspondence Page 1 Correspondence We will try to publish authors' responses in the
same edition with readers' comments. Time constraints might prevent this in some cases. The …