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January 2010, VOLUME 93, NO.1

Providence VA Medical Center
Guest Editor: Sharon Rounds, MD

Complete issue

Commentaries

2

Choosing a Treatment
Joseph H. Friedman, MD

3

Racism and the Threat of Influenza
Stanley M. Aronson, MD

CONTRIBUTIONS

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INTRODUCTION
Overview of the Providence VA Medical Center
Sharon Rounds, MD

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Innovative Approaches to Healthcare Delivery at the Providence VA Medical Center
Sharon Rounds, MD

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Electronic Medical Record and Quality of Patient Care in the VA
Tanya Ali, MD

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Primary Care at the Providence VA Medical Center: Challenges, Opportunities and Innovations
Thomas P. O’Toole, MD

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Mental Health Care at the Providence VA Medical Center: Providing Integrated
Comprehensive Mental Health Services
Michael G. Goldstein, MD

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Military Blast Injury in Iraq and Afghanistan: The Veterans Health Administration’s Polytrauma System of Care
Stephen T. Mernoff, MD, FAAN; Stephen Correia, PhD

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Neurorehabilitation Research Laboratory at the Providence VAMC
Albert Lo, MD, PhD

COLUMNS

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THE CREATIVE CLINICIAN
Fooled by the Fragments: Masquerading Microangiopathy
Samir Dalia, MD; Cannon Milani, MD; Jorge Castillo, MD; Anthony Mega, MD; Fred J. Schiffman, MD

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GERIATRICS FOR THE PRACTICING PHYSICIAN
Sudden Cardiac Death and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) in the Older Adult
Omar Hyder, MD; Ohad Ziv, MD

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HEALTH BY NUMBERS
Intimate Partner Violence Before or During Pregnancy in Rhode Island
Hyun (Hanna) Kim, PhD; Rachel Cain; Samara Viner-Brown, MS

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PHYSICIAN’S LEXICON
Synonyms of Nothing
Stanley M. Aronson, MD

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Vital Statistics

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January Heritage

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2009 Index

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