1. Ossifying health services research: The making of hard science

   • Robert L. Kane

   Editorial Pages: 77 - 79

2. Toward understanding elders' health service utilization

   • Laurence Branch
   • Alan Jette
   • Paula Diehr

   Research Reports Pages: 80 - 92

3. Role disagreement in primary care practice

   • Richard Alan Davidson
   • Robert Hillman Fletcher
   • Jo Anne Earp

   Research Reports Pages: 93 - 102

4. Differences among hospitals as a source of excess neonatal mortality: The District of Columbia, 1970–1978

   • Jennifer H. Madans
   • Joel C. Kleinman
   • Steven R. Machlin

   Research Reports Pages: 103 - 117

5. Dimensions of health and their importance for morale in old age: A multivariate examination

   • Jay A. Mancini
   • William H. Quinn

   Research Reports Pages: 118 - 128

6. Local public health departments: The force of tradition vs. the pressures for change

   • Bernard J. Reilly
   • Jerome S. Legge Jr.

   Commentary Pages: 129 - 137

7. Colorectal cancer screening

   • William B. Applegate
   • Monroe H. Spector

   Review Pages: 138 - 151

8. Book reviews

   • Rodney M. Coe
   • Melanie C. Dreher
   • John L. Kiely

   BookReview Pages: 152 - 156