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Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
FROM THE EDITORS
Introduction
Leigh F. Callahan, Jeffrey N. Katz, and Patricia P. Katz 247
SHORT STORY
Final Act
David S. Pisetsky 248
COMMENTARIES
Change is the Most Bitter Pill
Anne M. Bacon 251
"For the Love of Money is the Root of All Evil": Exorcising some Demons from our Health Care System
Larry G. Anderson 253
An Unbecoming Act
Halsted R. Holman 255
Dr. Morgan's Parable
Edward Yelin 257
There is Still a Place for the Idealism of the Round Table
John H. Mason 258
Everyman and Managed Care
Debra R. Lappin 260
Reply to Commentaries on "Final Act"
David S. Pisetsky 263
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Risk Factors for Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Gail E. Wright, Jerry C. Parker, Karen L. Smarr, Karen Schoenfeld-Smith, Susan P. Buckelew, James R. Slaughter, Jane C. Johnson, and John E. Hewett 264
Self-Reported Functional Status in Osteoarthritis of the Knee in a Rural Southern Community: The Role of Sociodemographic Factors, Obesity, and Knee Pain
Joanne M. Jordan, Gheorghe Luta, Jordan B. Renner, G. Fletcher Linder, Anca Dragomir, Marc C. Hochberg, and
John G. Fryer 273
Spouse-Assisted Coping Skills Training in the Management of Osteoarthritic Knee Pain
Francis J. Keefe, David S. Caldwell, Donald Baucom, Al Salley, Elwood Robinson, Kelly Timmons, Pat Beaupre, James Weisberg, and Michael Helms 279
Patient Education Interventions in Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-Analytic Comparison with Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug Treatment
Edith Superio-Cabuslay, Michael M. Ward, Kate R. Lorig 292
The Use of Trained Patient Educators with Rheumatoid Arthritis to Teach Medical Students
Larry D. Gruppen, Valerie K. Branch, and Timothy J. Laing 302
Summer Camp: Effects on Function of Children with Autoimmune Diseases
Janis Milliet, Deanna Carman, and Richard Browne 309
REVIEW
Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Current Concepts in Pathophysiology, Clinical Features, and Management
Robert W. Simms 315
METHODS ARTICLE
Methods for Exploring Curvilinear Relationships and Conducting Tests of Statistical Significance: An Illustration from Orthopedic Research
James M. Sinacore, Tom A. Karnezis, and Wayne M. Goldstein 329
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Publication of Clinical Care in the Rheumatic Diseases
Stephen T. Wegener, Basia Belza, and Eric P. Gall 336
