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Volume 12, No. 3 - April 1999

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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

ANNOUNCEMENTS 153