Editor's Note

Mark A. Peterson

Vulnerable Populations
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 1-4 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-1 [PDF]  

Articles

James Maxwell and Peter Temin

Managed Competition versus Industrial Purchasing of Health Care among the Fortune 500
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 5-30 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-5 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Stephen M. Shortell, Ann P. Zukoski, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Gloria J. Bazzoli, Douglas A. Conrad, Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Shoshanna Sofaer, Benjamin Y. Chan, Elizabeth Casey, and Frances S. Margolin

Evaluating Partnerships for Community Health Improvement: Tracking the Footprints
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 49-92 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-49 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Commentaries

Henry J. Aaron

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Managed Competition
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 31-36 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-31 [PDF] [References]  

Alain C. Enthoven

The Fortune 500 Model for Health Care: Is Now the Time to Change?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 37-48 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-37 [PDF] [References]  

Ezekiel J. Emanuel and Karen Titlow

Evaluating Community-Based Health Initiatives: Identifying the Characteristics of Successful Initiatives and Evaluations
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 105-108 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-105 [PDF]  

Bruce Spitz and Grant Ritter

Evaluating Community Partnerships: A Response
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 93-104 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-93 [PDF] [References]  

Books: Review Symposium on Vulnerable Populations

David M. Frankford

Book Review Editor's Introduction
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 109-110 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-109 [PDF]  

Harold Pollack

The Challenge and Future of HIV Prevention
Monica S. Ruiz, Alicia R. Gable, Edward H. Kaplan, Michael A. Stato, Harvey V. Fineberg, and James Trussell, eds. Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee on HIV Prevention Strategies in the United States. Institute of Medicine. No Time to Lose: Getting More from HIV Prevention. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001. 260 pp. $39.95 cloth; available free online at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309071372/html/; Martin A. Levin and Myra Bryna Sanger. After the Cure: Managing AIDS and Other Public Health Crises. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000. 256 pp. $35.00 cloth; $16.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 111-121 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-111 [PDF] [References]  

Steven Epstein

Global Responses to AIDS: Science in Emergency
Cristiana Bastos. Global Responses to AIDS: Science in Emergency. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999. 224 pp. $27.95 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 122-125 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-122 [PDF] [References]  

Evelynn M. Hammonds

Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health
Keith Wailoo. Dying in the City of the Blues: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race and Health. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2001. 338 pp. $34.95 cloth; $16.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 125-129 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-125 [PDF] [References]  

Allan Horwitz

Mind Games: American Culture and the Birth of Psychotherapy
Eric Caplan. Mind Games: American Culture and the Birth of Psychotherapy. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 242 pp. $35.00 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 130-132 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-130 [PDF]  

Kathleen W. Jones

Life at the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, 1857–1997
Sarah C. Sitton. Life at the Texas State Lunatic Asylum, 1857–1997. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1999. 208 pp. $34.95 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 132-135 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-132 [PDF] [References]  

Suzanne Maman

Women, Families, and HIV/AIDS: A Sociological Perspective on the Epidemic in America
Carole A. Campbell. Women, Families, and HIV/AIDS: A Sociological Perspective on the Epidemic in America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. 190 pp. $49.95 cloth; $19.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 135-139 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-135 [PDF]  

Andrew Scull

The Antidepressant Era
David Healy. The Antidepressant Era. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997. 336 pp. $43.50 cloth; $18.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 139-144 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-139 [PDF]  

Judith Sylvester

The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics
Cathy J. Cohen. The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999. 394 pp. $18.00 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 144-147 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-144 [PDF]  

Elizabeth Toon

The Social Construction of Anorexia Nervosa
Julie Hepworth. The Social Construction of Anorexia Nervosa. London: Sage, 1999. 146 pp. $74.00 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 147-150 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-147 [PDF]  

Keith Wailoo

Health Care Divided: Race and Healing a Nation
David Barton Smith. Health Care Divided: Race and Healing a Nation. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1999. 400 pp. $32.50 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 150-152 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-150 [PDF]  

Joseph White

Blood Feuds: AIDS, Blood, and the Politics of Medical Disaster
Eric A. Feldman and Ronald Bayer, eds. Blood Feuds: AIDS, Blood, and the Politics of Medical Disaster. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 375 pp. $29.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 152-158 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-152 [PDF] [References]  

Books Received

Books Received
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 159-164 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-159 [PDF]  

News and Notes

Christopher J. Conover

News and Notes
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 165-166 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-165 [PDF]  

News from Affiliated Organizations

News from Affiliated Organizations
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 167-168 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-167 [PDF]  

Contributors

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 27(1): 169-175 (2002); DOI:10.1215/03616878-27-1-169 [PDF]  

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