Volume 86, Number 2, 2008

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• Editor's Introduction: In This Issue
  Bradford H. Gray

• “Developing Good Taste in Evidence”:
  Facilitators of and Hindrances to Evidence-Informed Health Policymaking in State Government
  Christopher J. Jewell and Lisa A. Bero
  (Featured article -- click here for full text)

• State Responses to New Flexibility in Medicaid
  Teresa A. Coughlin and Stephen Zuckerman

• A Plan for Action: Key Perspectives from the Racial/Ethnic Disparities Strategy Forum
  Roderick K. King, Alexander R. Green, Aswita Tan-McGrory, Elizabeth J. Donahue, Jessie Kimbrough-Sugick, and Joseph R. Betancourt

• Population Causes and Consequences of Leading Chronic Diseases: A Comparative Analysis of Prevailing Explanations
  David Stuckler

• Rethinking Medical Professionalism: The Role of Information Technology and Practice Innovations
  David Mechanic

• Notes on Contributors