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Health Care Special 2004 Issue - 19 ArticlesDepartments
- Publisher's Note, pp. 6-8
- Perspective
Peter J. Neumann and Milton C. Weinstein
, pp. 9-12 Medical services must be rationed, but in a sensible way
- First Person
Adam Burrows and David Brudnoy
, pp. 13-22 A doctor discovers the values of old-fashioned treatment; A patient weighs the costs of...
- Washington Notebook
Shawn Zeller
, pp. 23-26 The Bay State is falling behind in targeted research dollars
- Civic Sense
Robert Keough
, pp. 27-29 Anticipation and anxiety in our health care economy
- Inquiries, pp. 30-38
Boston's Tom Menino walks the walk on health policy; what to do about racial disparitie...
- Head Count
Robert David Sullivan
, p. 39 Where hospital beds are in short supply
- Statistically Significant
Robert David Sullivan
, pp. 40-42 A century of healthy bestsellers; the skinny on childbirth trends; east versus west in ...
- State of the States
Robert David Sullivan
, pp. 43-46 Insurance coverage in the workplace; the spread of community health care centers; colle...
- Innovations
Rebecca Griffin
, pp. 47-52 It's Maine's turn to try being the first state with health coverage for everyone
- Mass. Media
David Ropeik
, pp. 53-55 Scare stories about health issues leave us worse for the wear
Articles
- Unmanaged Care
Michael Jonas
, pp. 56-67 Costs are up and quality is in question. Is there a doctor in the house?
- Being Ron Preston
B.J. Roche
, pp. 68-75 The state's human-services chief knows how to shake things up, but can he solve the hea...
- Understanding Medicaid
David S. Kassel
, pp. 76-85 The single biggest program run by the state is only getting bigger, but some see it as ...
- Supply and Demands
Jeffrey Klineman
, pp. 86-93 We're going to need more of them than ever, but nurses are becoming increasingly scarce
Discussion
- Argument
Barbara Waters Roop and John D. Goodson
, pp. 94-95 Health insurance should be guaranteed by the state Constitution
- Counterpoint
Richard C. Lord
, pp. 96-98 -
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Review (Review) Gregory Lauzon
, pp. 99-106 How the marketing beast is taking away childhood in America
- Consuming Kids by Susan Linn
- Cover Photo
Mark Ostow