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North Carolina Medical Journal July/August 2003 Volume 64, Number 4

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ARTICLES

ANTIBIOTIC PRESCRIPTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH OUTPATIENT VISITS FOR ACUTE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS AMONG ADULT MEDICAID RECIPIENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
David W. Brown, Renee Taylor, Anne Rogers, Robert Weiser, Meera Kelley

GET PHED UP! A STUDENT INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE PREVENTIVE HEALTHCARE INFORMATION TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS Patrick M. O’Malley, MSIII; Marti C. Russell, MSIV; Kori Brewer, PhD; Joseph Campbell, MSIII; Tammy Morris, MSIII; Richard Graham, MSIII

SPECIAL ARTICLE
DURHAM’S EXEMPLARY HEALTH CENTER—AND ITS LEADER, DR. EVELYN SCHMIDT
Donald L. Madison, MD



POLICY FORUM: PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE: CRISIS OR NOT?

INTRODUCTION
Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD

FINDING THE TRUTH: THE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CRISIS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Joseph Jenkins, MD, JD

MISDIAGNOSIS: BEHIND THE RHETORIC OF THE MALPRACTICE INSURANCE “CRISIS”
Mark T. Sumwalt, JD, and Burton Craige, JD, MPH

NC MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE DATA V. PLAINTIFFS’ ATTORNEYS: CAN FACT PREVAIL OVER FICTION?
David P. Sousa, JD

THE PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CRISIS AND NORTH CAROLINA’S HOSPITALS
Linwood Jones, JD

LIMITING DAMAGES FOR “PAIN AND SUFFERING” IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Frank A. Sloan, PhD

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