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Health Care Special 2004 Issue
- 19 Articles
Departments
Publisher's Note
, pp. 6-8
Perspective
Peter J. Neumann and Milton C. Weinstein
, pp. 9-12
Medical services must be rationed, but in a sensible way
First Person
Adam Burrows and David Brudnoy
, pp. 13-22
A doctor discovers the values of old-fashioned treatment; A patient weighs the costs of...
Washington Notebook
Shawn Zeller
, pp. 23-26
The Bay State is falling behind in targeted research dollars
Civic Sense
Robert Keough
, pp. 27-29
Anticipation and anxiety in our health care economy
Inquiries
, pp. 30-38
Boston's Tom Menino walks the walk on health policy; what to do about racial disparitie...
Head Count
Robert David Sullivan
, p. 39
Where hospital beds are in short supply
Statistically Significant
Robert David Sullivan
, pp. 40-42
A century of healthy bestsellers; the skinny on childbirth trends; east versus west in ...
State of the States
Robert David Sullivan
, pp. 43-46
Insurance coverage in the workplace; the spread of community health care centers; colle...
Innovations
Rebecca Griffin
, pp. 47-52
It's Maine's turn to try being the first state with health coverage for everyone
Mass. Media
David Ropeik
, pp. 53-55
Scare stories about health issues leave us worse for the wear
Articles
Unmanaged Care
Michael Jonas
, pp. 56-67
Costs are up and quality is in question. Is there a doctor in the house?
Being Ron Preston
B.J. Roche
, pp. 68-75
The state's human-services chief knows how to shake things up, but can he solve the hea...
Understanding Medicaid
David S. Kassel
, pp. 76-85
The single biggest program run by the state is only getting bigger, but some see it as ...
Supply and Demands
Jeffrey Klineman
, pp. 86-93
We're going to need more of them than ever, but nurses are becoming increasingly scarce
Discussion
Argument
Barbara Waters Roop and John D. Goodson
, pp. 94-95
Health insurance should be guaranteed by the state Constitution
Counterpoint
Richard C. Lord
, pp. 96-98
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Review
(Review)
Gregory Lauzon
, pp. 99-106
How the marketing beast is taking away childhood in America
Consuming Kids
by Susan Linn
Cover Photo
Mark Ostow
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