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Knowledge and Practice of Foodborne Disease Clinical Specimen Testing and Reporting in North Carolina, 2004
Pia D. M. MacDonald, PhD, MPH; Michelle R. Torok, PhD, MPH; Jean-Marie Maillard, MD, MSc; Martha Salyers, MD, MPH; Leslie A. Wolf, PhD; Amy L. Nelson, PhD, MPH
Urgent Medical Decision Making Regarding a Jehovah's Witness Minor: A Case Report and Discussion
Paul R. Brezina, MD, MBA; John C. Moskop, PhD
POLICY FORUM
Effective Patient-Practitioner Communication
Introduction
Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH; Kristen L. Dubay, MPP
Addressing Health Literacy Through Improved Patient-Practitioner Communication
Mark Holmes, PhD; Thomas J. Bacon, DrPH; L. Allen Dobson, MD, FAAFP; E. Kiernan McGorty, JD, PhD; Pam Silberman, JD, DrPH
COMMENTARIES
Low Health Literacy: Epidemiology and Interventions
Darren A. DeWalt, MD, MPH
Chasing the Monster
Toni Cordell
Lay Health Educators' Roles in Improving Patient Education
Susan Auger, MSW; Sarah Verbiest, MSW, MPH
Incorporating Health Literacy Into Adult Basic Education: From Life Skills to Life Saving
Sandra J. Diehl, MPH
Improving Prescription Drug Labeling
Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH; Stacy Cooper Bailey, MPH
Medication Instruction by Pharmacists: Making Good on an Offer
Michael D. Murray, PharmD, MPH
Increasing the Public's Awareness: The Importance of Patient-Practitioner Communication
Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH; Mike Newton-Ward, MSW, MPH
Effective Practitioner-Patient Communication in Long-Term Care
Dennis W. Streets, MPH, MAT, LNHA
Developing an Informed Consent Process With Patient Understanding in Mind
Mary Ann Abrams, MD, MPH; Barb Earles, RN, MHA, CPHRM
Cultivating Patient-Centered Communication Skills Training Across the Medical Education Continuum: A Model for Practice
Gail S. Marion, PA-C, PhD; Sonia J. Crandall, PhD; Frank Celestino, MD; William McCann, PsyD; Julienne Kirk, PharmD
Communicating Health Information to English as a Second Language Patients
H. Nolo Martinez, MS, PhD
Identifying and Addressing Communication Failures as a Means of Reducing Unnecessary Malpractice Claims
Gerald B. Hickson, MD; A. Dale Jenkins
A Perspective on Doctor-Patient Communication in the Dental Office
M. Alec Parker, DMD
Health Professions Education to Promote Health Literacy: Leverage Points and New Opportunities
Karen D. Stallings, RN, MEd; Thomas J. Bacon, DrPH
A Failure to Communicate
Timothy W. Lane, MD; J. Carson Rounds, MD
DEPARTMENTS
Tarheel Footprints in Health Care
Readers' Forum
Spotlight on the Safety Net
Running the Numbers
Philanthropy Profiles
Classified Advertising
Index of Advertisers
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