Volume four  •  Number five
September/October 1998
Journals

C O N T E N T S
FEATURES
Pharmacy: Looking Back to See the Future
Warren Richards

Biotechnology as a Pharmacy Specialty
Jo Ellen Hargis

CONTINUING
EDUCATION

Research Methodology: Designing a Research Study
Kenneth W. Schafermeyer and Peter D. Hurd

SPOTLIGHT
Connecting Physicians to Pharmacies–and Patients
Marlene Z. Bloom

COMPARATIVE
RESEARCH

A Comparison of Hypercholesterolemia Management in the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease by Payor Types: Fee-For-Service, Medicare, and Managed Care Organizations
Dean A. Bramlet, Cheryl A. Stoukides, Alan F. Kaul, and L. Daphne Hsiao

Alendronate Use Among 812 Women: Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Complaints, Noncompliance with Patient Instructions, and Discontinuation
Bruce Ettinger, Alice Pressman, Jeffrey Schein, Julia Chan, Paula Silver, and Nancy Connolly

Burnout in a Sample of HMO Pharmacists Using the Maslach Burnout Inventory
Gireesh V. Gupchup, Puneet K. Singhal, Ernest J. Dole, and Buford T. Lively

D E P A R T M E N T S
Cover Impressions
Several Circles
Wassily Kandinsky

Perspectives
Integration: The Future of Pharmacy

Campus
The UNiversity of Colorado School of Pharmacy and the University of Colorado Health Plan Forge a PBM Partnership

CE Exam

AMCP Reports
Managed Care Pharmacy Residency Programs

Abstracts
Abstracts from the Poster Sessions at AMCP's 1998 Educational Meeting

AMCP Progress

Caveats
If It Is Worth Doing, It Is Worth Doing Well...Then Proven

Events