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North Carolina Medical Journal
January/February 2005 Volume 66, Number 1

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ARTICLES

Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Are We Following the Guidelines?
Benjamin E. Pusser, DO, Sandy L. Robertson, PharmD, Mark D. Robinson, MD, Cole Barton, PhD, and L. Allen Dobson, MD>

POLICY FORUM: Alzheimer's Disease and Family Caregivers

Introduction
Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD, and Kristie Weisner Thompson, MA

Issue Brief: Alzheimer's Disease: The Cost and Who Pays?
Donald H. Taylor Jr., PhD

COMMENTARIES

The Alzheimer's Association National Policy Agenda
Bonnie Hogue Duffy, MA

Special Interview: Alzheimer's and the Caregiver
Donald L. Madison, MD (with Myron H. Green)

Grieving the Living
Linda E. Jordan, D Min, CT

Family Care and Alzheimer's Disease: What Do We Know and What Can We Do?
Lisa P. Gwyther, MSW, LCSW

North Carolina's Support of Family Caregivers
Christine Urso, MSW

Dementia-Specific Respite: The Key to Effective Caregiver Support
Karisa Derence, MA

Managing the Patient with Dementia in Primary Care
Sindy McCrystle, ANP-C, MSN, and Darlyne Menscer, MD

Alzheimer's Disease: A Nursing Home Perspective
Ted W. Goins, Jr, and Lori R. Reid, BSW, CSW

Preparing Families to Make Informed Decisions about Long-Term Care
Sharon C. Wilder and Kathryn A. Lanier, MS

Dementia Care: An Outpatient, Community-based, Multi-disciplinary Approach
Virginia H. Templeton, MD

Alzheimer's Disease, Family Caregivers, and Faith in Action in North Carolina
Catherine O. Ahrendsen and Teepa Snow, MS,OTR/L, FAOTA

Dementia-Responsive Acute Care at Mission Hospitals in Asheville, North Carolina
Nancy Smith-Hunnicutt

REMEMBRANCE

Remembering "Bud" Busse
Dan G. Blazer

DEPARTMENTS

Running the Numbers

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