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Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
EDITORIAL
Differences Between Generalists and Specialists
Jeffrey N. Katz, Daniel H. Solomon, and David W. Bates 161
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
The Feasibility and Validity of Studies Comparing Orthopedists and Non-Orthopedists Caring for Musculoskeletal Injuries: Results of a Pilot Study
Sherine E. Gabriel, Peter C. Amadio, and Duane Ilstrup 163
Satisfaction of Patients Attending an Arthritis Clinic in a County Teaching Hospital
Timothy J. Sole and Peter E. Lipsky 169
Self-Efficacy for Arthritis Pain: Relationship to Perception of Thermal Laboratory Pain Stimuli
Francis J. Keefe, John C. Lefebvre, William Maixner, Alfred N. Salley, Jr., and David S. Caldwell 177
The Experience of Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain and Fatigue: Examining Momentary Reports and Correlates Over One Week
Arthur A. Stone, Joan E. Broderick, Laura S. Porter, and Alan T. Kaell 185
Measurement of Depression in Mexican Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Validity of the Beck Depression Inventory
Aldo A. Suárez-Mendoza, Mario H. Cardiel, Carlo V. Caballero-Uribe, Héctor A. Ortega-Soto, and Mirella Márquez-Marín 194
REVIEW ARTICLE
Inflammatory Myopathies: Issues in Diagnosis and Management
Nancy J. Olsen and Jane H. Park 200
METHODS ARTICLE
A Consumer’s Guide to Meta-Analysis
Michael LaValley 208
LETTERS
The Impact of Managed Care: Lessons for Now
J. Kenneth Herd 214
Managed Care for Whom?
Charles E. Allen 214
The Patient First, Please
Richard Armstrong 214
Balancing Ethics and Economics
Allen R. Dyer 215
The Best Is Yet to Come
Paul E. Stanton, Jr. 215
Managed Care, Bureaucracy, and Quality
May L. Votaw 216
Managed Care Through Better Communication
Jim Hunter 216
Observations on "Final Act"
Dennis Vonderfecht 217
