1. Echocardiography in the evaluation of patients with syncope

   • Dino Recchia
   • Benico Barzilai

   Original Articles Pages: 649 - 655

2. Reflections

   • J. Chalmers Da Costa

   Legacy Pages: 655 - 655

3. Community patterns of transdermal nicotine use and provider counseling

   • Susan H. Swartz
   • Allan J. Ellsworth
   • Edward J. Boyko

   Original Articles Pages: 656 - 662

4. JGIM’s e-mail address

   Announcement Pages: 662 - 662

5. Outcomes of “Inadequate” antidepressant treatment

   • Gregory E. Simon
   • Elizabeth H. B. Lin
   • Patricia Robinson

   Original Articles Pages: 663 - 670

6. Announcement

   Announcement Pages: 670 - 670

7. Incidence and hospital stay for cardiac and pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery

   • Valerie A. Lawrence
   • Susan G. Hilsenbeck
   • Carey P. Page

   Original Articles Pages: 671 - 678

8. Reflections

   • Jonathan Miller

   Legacy Pages: 678 - 678

9. Medical patients’ assessments of their care during hospitalization

   • Thomas L. Delbanco
   • David M. Stokes
   • Jennifer Daley

   Original Articles Pages: 679 - 685

10. Cost of hypertension treatment

    • Timothy W. Odell
    • Martin C. Gregory

    Brief Reports Pages: 686 - 688

11. Frequency and impact of housestaff contact with primary care physicians

    • Martha Ways
    • Jovine Umali
    • Dedra Buchwald

    Brief Reports Pages: 688 - 690

12. Reflections

    • Konrad Lorenz

    Legacy Pages: 690 - 690

13. A New educational approach for supporting the professional development of third-year medical students

    • William T. Branch
    • Richard J. Pels
    • Ronald A. Arky

    Brief Reports Pages: 691 - 694

14. Back to basics for the workup of syncope

    • Wishwa N. Kapoor

    Editorials Pages: 695 - 696

15. Smoking cessation and the nicotine patch: Much more to be done

    • Stephen E. Kimmel
    • Neal Benowitz

    Editorials Pages: 697 - 699

16. Depression, guidelines, and reality

    • Eugenia L. Siegler

    Editorials Pages: 699 - 700

17. Choosing antihypertensive therapy

    • David A. Katzman
    • Benjamin Littenberg

    Editorials Pages: 700 - 702

18. Improving communication between housestaff and primary care physicians

    • Jeanette Morrison
    • John Aucott

    Editorials Pages: 702 - 703

19. Definition of “Family”

    • Ronald H. Goldschmidt

    Letters To The Editor Pages: 704 - 704

20. Current treatment for alcohol withdrawal [editorial]

    • Hyman SE

    Erratum Pages: 704 - 704

21. Book reviews

    • W. D. White

    BookReview Pages: 705 - 707