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North Carolina Medical Journal
March/April 2007 Volume 68, Number 2

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ARTICLE

Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Among Female Patients at a North Carolina Emergency Department
Melissa Roche, MA; Kathryn E. Moracco, PhD, MPH; Kimberly S. Dixon, MSW; Elizabeth A. Stern, MPH; J. Michael Bowling, PhD

Providing Medical Care in State Psychiatric Hospitals
Susan Saik, MD; Brian B. Sheitman, MD; Scott Mann, MD; Walter W. Stelle, PhD; James W. Osberg III, PhD

POLICY FORUM

Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Pathology: Changing Paradigms of Practice

Introduction
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH; and Kristen L. Dubay, MPP

Issue Brief: Polishing the Crystal Ball: Emerging Trends in Contemporary Clinical Laboratory Medicine
Dana D. Copeland, MD, PhD

COMMENTARIES

Public Policy Recommendations for Oversight of Molecular Laboratory Tests
Margaret L. Gulley,MD

The Ethics of Genetic Testing: Is More Always Better?
Nancy M. P. King, JD

Molecular Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Melissa B. Miller, PhD

New Developments in Proteomics
Mark W. Massing MD, PhD; Judyta Misiurek; Srinivas R. Chadaram, PhD; Christine E. Marx, MD, MA; Roger Madison, PhD

Specialized Testing in Hematopoietic Disorders Aids Diagnosis and Prognosis
Matthew J. Snyder, MD

Human Papillomavirus Testing for Precancerous Lesions of the Cervix
Fidel A. Valea, MD

Automation in the Clinical Pathology Laboratory
Michael Weinstein, MD, PhD; Grover Smith, PhD

Point-of-Care Testing: Guidelines and Challenges
Robert L. Sautter, PhD, HCLD (ABB); Edward H. Lipford, MD

The Feasibility of Home or Patient Self-Testing
Thomas E. Wall, MBA

DEPARTMENTS

Tarheel Footprints in Health Care

Spotlight on the Safety Net

Readers' Forum

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Index of Advertisers


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