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Reimbursement for Experience-Based Medicine
Joseph H. Friedman, MD |
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I’ve Got a Little List…I’ve Got a Little List
Stanley M. Aronson, MD |
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CONTRIBUTIONS |
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The Role of Urogynecology In Women’s Pelvic Floor Disorders
Deborah L. Myers, MD |
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Brittany Star Hampton, MD |
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Physical Therapy for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
Wendy Baltzer Fox, PT, DPT GCS |
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Minimally Invasive Approaches To Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery
Charles R. Rardin, MD |
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Urinary Incontinence
Vivian W. Sung, MD, MPH
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Interstitial Cystitis
Deborah L. Myers, MD
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COLUMNS |
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ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY
Effect of Zoledronic Acid on Bone Pain Secondary To Metastatic Bone Disease
Porpon Rotjanapan, MD
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GERIATRICS FOR THE PRACTICING PHYSICIAN
The Practicing Physicians’ Guide To Pressure Ulcers in 2008
Rachel Roach, MSN, ANP, GNP, WCC, and Clarisse Dexter, MSN, FNP, GNP, WCC |
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HEALTH BY NUMBERS
Rhode Island HEALTH Web Data Query System: Death Certificate Module
Annie Gjelsvik, PhD, and Karine Monteiro, MPH |
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PUBLIC HEALTH BRIEFING
Palliative Care – Evolution of a Vision
Anna Wheat |
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PHYSICIAN’S LEXICON
Medical Words In Extremis
Stanley M. Aronson, MD |
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Vital Statistics |
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January Heritage |
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2008 Index |
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