December 20, 1999

Studies Quantify Black Patients' Substandard Care Two recent studies by John Ayanian and colleagues give more evidence that black patients receive lower quality health care than whites. One study focused on basic hospital services and the other on access to kidney transplantation.

New Gene Therapy Holds Promise for Heart Failure Patients Approach Gives New View of Platelet Creation

4th Annual Conference on Health and Social Change in Asia: Mental Health Services and Training in Asia Michael Phillips Monday, December 20

First-Year Students Share a Solemn Rite of Closure to Anatomy Lab At a candlelight memorial service to honor the people whose bodies had been used in anatomy lab, first-year student Harsha Reddy welcomed his classmates with his thoughts on the lessons these donors had taught.