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NCMJ, the North Carolina Medical Journal, is meant to be read by everyone with an interest in
improving the health of North Carolinians. We seek to make the Journal a sounding board for new ideas, new approaches,
and new policies to deliver high quality health care, support healthy choices, and maintain a healthy environment in our state.
NCMJ is published bimonthly by the North Carolina Institute of Medicine and
The Duke Endowment with the support and
cooperation of the North Carolina Medical Society and other key stakeholders in health and health care in the state. While the
Journal solicits and prints peer-reviewed, scientific articles, we seek to facilitate communication between and among stakeholders,
practitioners, patients, and the public over the most important contemporary health issues. We draw on our Editorial Board for input
on the key topics affecting health in North Carolina and beyond our borders, but we also seek contributions and suggestions from all
who are touched by the Journal.
Each installment of the Journal features a major section devoted to interchange and debate about a single, highly salient health issue.
A major issue "brief" leads off each of these "forums," followed by separate shorter commentaries from persons with special perspectives
and expertise. We are anxious to engage our readers in further dialogue in response to the publication of these forums. We encourage your
to send Letters to the Editor, either addressing issues not covered by forum authors or challenging their views and conclusions. We hope that
each issue of the Journal will become standard references for policy makers and policy shapers engaged in the difficult task of addressing the health
challenges and problems facing our state. Send us your comments and your criticism as we attempt to make this publication better and more useful
day by day. We are working to make this publication an important contribution to health policy for the benefit of all North Carolinians.
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH
Editor-in-Chief
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