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The articles listed below have been chosen by the editor-in-chief as featured articles.
June 2012 Sue Ziebland, Sally Wyke,
Context: The use of the Internet for peer-to-peer connection has been one of its most dramatic and transformational features. Yet this is a new field… More
March 2012 Dik Habbema, Inge M.C.M. de Kok, Martin L. Brown,
Context: This article compares cervical cancer screening intensity and cervical cancer mortality trends in the United States and the Netherlands to… More
December 2011 Trisha Greenhalgh, Jill Russell, Richard E. Ashcroft, Wayne Parsons,
Context: Policymakers seeking to introduce expensive national eHealth programs would be advised to study lessons from elsewhere. But these lessons are… More
September 2011 Diane E. Meier,
Context: A small proportion of patients with serious illness or multiple chronic conditions account for the majority of health care spending. Despite… More
June 2011 Mary Dixon-Woods, Charles L. Bosk, Emma Louise Aveling, Christine A. Goeschel, Peter J. Pronovost,
Context: Understanding how and why programs work-not simply whether they work-is crucial. Good theory is indispensable to advancing the science of… More
March 2011 Geraint H. Lewis, Rhema Vaithianathan, Peter M. Hockey, Guy Hirst, James P. Bagian,
Context: Many safety initiatives have been transferred successfully from commercial aviation to health care. This article develops a typology of… More
December 2010 Damien Contandriopoulos, Marc Lemire, Jean-Louis Denis, Emile Tremblay,
Context: This article presents the main results from a large-scale analytical systematic review on knowledge exchange interventions at the… More
September 2010 Barbara Da Roit, Blanche Le Bihan,
Context: In response to increasing care needs, the reform or development of long-term care (LTC) systems has become a prominent policy issue in all… More
June 2010 Hilary Graham,
Context: Today’s societies have far-reaching impacts on future conditions for health. Against this backdrop, this article explores how the future is… More
June 2010 Scott Burris, Alexander C. Wagenaar, Jeffrey Swanson, Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Jennifer Wood, Michelle M. Mello,
Context: Public health law has received considerable attention in recent years and has become an essential field in public health. Public health law… More