January 2002
Cover Story
A U.S. government agency, some argue, should be created to rule on usefulness of medications, equipment, and procedures. Britain has just instituted such a system.
New programs hold promise for rehabilitating sound physicians who have, for any number of reasons, lost some of the skills they started with.
Q&A
The head of the Pacific Business Group on Health says the coming trend in care will be patients making informed decisions before they get sick.










