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North Carolina Medical Journal
July/August 2005 Volume 66, Number 4

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ARTICLES

Perceived Racial/Ethnic Bias in Healthcare in Durham County,North Carolina: A Comparison of Community and National Samples
Joelle Y. Friedman, MPA, Kevin J. Anstrom, PhD, Kevin P. Weinfurt, PhD, Mary McIntosh, PhD, Hayden B. Bosworth, PhD, Eugene Z. Oddone, MD, MHS, Cedric M. Bright, MD, and Kevin A. Schulman, MD

POLICY FORUM: Quality of Long-Term Care: Nutrition as a Critical Dimension

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

Nutrition and the Dining Experience in Long-Term Care: Critical Indicators of Nursing Home Quality of Care
Polly Godwin Welsh, RN-C

COMMENTARIES

So, Who's Complaining about the Food? Ombudsman Perspectives on "the Dining Experience" in North Carolina's Nursing Homes
H. Harvin Quidas, Twilla Chavis, Aimee D. Kepler, and Nancy Murphy

What's New in Long-Term Care Dining?
Nadine A. Pfeiffer, BSN, RN, Denise A. Rogers, Michelle R. Roseman, NHA, MBA, Leslie C. Jarema, NHA, Aimee Reimann, NHA, and Debbie Combs-Jones, MT, MHA

The Dining Experience in Nursing Homes
Beverly A. Speroff, RD, LDN, Karen H. Davis, RD, LDN, Kristen L. Dehr, MS,RD, LDN, and Kate N. Larkins, MS, RD, LDN

Fluid Intake and Hydration: Critical Indicators of Nursing Home Quality
Robert J. Sullivan, Jr., MD, MPH

Regulating Food Service in North Carolina's Long-Term Care Facilities
Cindy H. DePorter, MSSW

A Physicians' Perspective on the Dining Experience in Long-Term Care
Christopher M. Herman, MD, CMD

Nutrition in Advanced Alzheimer's Disease
Heidi K. White, MD, MHS

Use of Feeding Tubes in the Care of Long-Term Care Residents
Timothy S. Carey, MD, MPH

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