JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION VOL. 99, NO. , FEBRUARY 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CAPITOL HILL UPDATES
120
Payment for Performance: Ready or Not, Here It Comes
Eddie L. Hoover, MD
POINT/COUNTER POINT
123
The Pitfalls of Pay for Performance
Faith Fitzgerald MD, MACP
125
“Payment for Performance” Will Be Good for theMedical Profession and Patients
Eddie L. Hoover, MD
HEALTH POLICY
128
Pay for Performance and Its Potential Impact onAmerican Healthcare
Byron Sogie-Thomas, MS
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
129
Where Am I on This Bell-Shaped Curve?
Eddie L. Hoover, MD
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS
131
Assessing Racial and Ethnic Differences in MedicalStudent Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Organ Donation
Teresa M. Edwards; Christian Essman; and J. Daryl Thornton, MD, MPH
141
Ophthalmic Dysfunction in a Community-Based Sample: Influence of Race/Ethnicity
Girardin Jean-Louis, PhD; Ferdinand Zizi, MBA; Monica Dweck, MD;
Dexter McKenzie, MD; and Douglass R. Lazzaro, MD
149
A New Perspective in Diagnosing Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Melek Eda Ertorer, MD; Inan Anaforoglu, MD; Emre Bozkirli,MD;
Okan Bakiner, MD; Neslihan Bascil Tutuncu, MD;
and Nilgun Guvener Demirag, MD
153
Maternal Perspectives on Growth and Nutrition Counseling Provided at Preschool Well-Child Visits
Susan J. Woolford, MD, MPH; Sarah J. Clark, MPH;
Julie C. Lumeng, MD; David R. Williams, PhD;
and Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP
WHAT’S NEW AT OUR HCBUS
161
Morehouse School of Medicine News Release: Knowledge, Wisdom, Excellence, Service
Gayle Converse
CASE REPORTS
166
Vaginal Adenosis Successfully Treated with Simple Unipolar Cauterization
Fatma Bahar Cebesoy, MD; Irfan Kutlar, MD;
and Abdullah Aydin, MD
179
Bilateral Emphysematous Pyelonephritis in a Patient with No Known Risk Factors
Peter D. Hart, MD, FACP; Mohammad Vaseemuddin, MD;
Osbert Egiebor, MD; and George Dunea, MD
INFOPOEMS
168
VBAC with Prior Vaginal Delivery Safer than Cesarean Medications Help Passage of Kidney Stones
Limited Data on Probiotics to Prevent Antibiotic- Induced Diarrhea in Kids
Atypical Antipsychotics Minimally Effective, Poorly Tolerated in AD
BOOK REVIEWS
171
Shredding the Social Contract: The Privatization of Medicare
John Geyman, MD
Reviewed by J. Gary Linn, PhD
172
After the Storm: Healing After Trauma, Tragedyand Terror
Kendall Johnson, PhD
Reviewed by Jennifer Milone, MS4 and Mark S. Gold, MD
173
Early Detection: Women, Cancer and Awareness Campaigns in the Twentieth-Century United States
Kirsten E. Gardner
Reviewed by Heather Butts, JD, MPH
174
Finding Peace after the Loss of a Loved Animal Companion
Diane Pomerance, PhD
Reviewed by Joshua Grossman, MD, FACP
MOVIE REVIEWS
175
Something the Lord Made
Reviewed by Joshua Grossman, MD, FACP
Miss Evers’ Boys
Reviewed by Heather M. Butts, JD, MPH, MA
ART IN MEDICINE
178
When?
Ribhi Hazin, MD
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
182
QT Intervals and Dispersion in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
Ali Yildiz, MD; Mustafa Gur, MD; Remzi Yilmaz, MD;
and Recep Demirbag, MD
DEPARTMENTS
114
Masthead
116
About the Cover
116, 127, 148, 152, 158, 167, 170, 181, 182
Career Opportunities
160
Membership Application
184
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