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Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
EDITORIALS
The National Arthritis Action Plan: A Public Health Strategy for a Looming Epidemic
Robert F. Meenan, Leigh F. Callahan, and Charles G. Helmick 79
What Constitutes a Fibromyalgia Expert?
Daniel J. Wallace 82
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
The Needs of Patients with Arthritis: The Patient’s Perspective
Carolyn Neville, Paul R. Fortin, Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Murray Baron, Michal Abrahamowitz, Roxane Du Berger, and John M. Esdaile 85
Development and Validation of a Patient Satisfaction Scale for Musculoskeletal Care
Daniel H. Solomon, David W. Bates, Jan Horsky, Elisabeth Burdick, Jonathan L. Schaffer, and Jeffrey N. Katz 96
Spouse-Assisted Coping Skills Training in the Management of Knee Pain in Osteoarthritis: Long-Term Followup Results
Francis J. Keefe, David S. Caldwell, Donald Baucom, Al Salley, Elwood Robinson, Kelly Timmons, Pat Beaupre, James Weisberg, and Michael Helms 101
The Role of Stress in Functional Disability Among Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Prospective Study
Deborah Da Costa, Patricia L. Dobkin, Louis Pinard, Paul R. Fortin, Deborah S. Danoff, John M. Esdaile, and Ann E. Clarke 112
A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Exercise and Education for Individuals with Fibromyalgia
S. E. Gowans, A. deHueck, S. Voss, and M. Richardson 120
COMMENTARY
On the Nature of Rheumatism
Sidney R. Block 129
REVIEW ARTICLE
Joint Deformity and Dysfunction: A Basic Review of Underlying Mechanisms
Donald A. Neumann 139
LETTER
Why is Methotrexate the First Selection in Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy? Comment on the Article by Wolfe et al
Carlo V. Caballero-Uribe 152




