Contents

 Commentary

n MESSAGE FROM THE MEDICAL EDITOR
Put Yourself in your Patient's Shoes   
Stuart M. Weinstein, MD

n FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT
Goodwill Mission to Dominican Republic
Thomas J. Errico, MD

n LETTERS TO THE EDITOR   
Value of Training Equipment
Vert Mooney, MD

Physicians Need to Understand Muscular Physiology
Michael MacMillan, MD

Well-done Core Training Article
Jolie Bookspan, PhD, ME

 Current Concepts

n INVITED REVIEW
From a Different Perspective: The Basics of a Patient Safety System 
John J. Nance

n CURVE/COUNTERCURVE
Spinal Cord Stimulation vs Intrathecal Opioid Pump Options for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome 
Tony Whitworth, MD; Michael Shaufele, MD; Robert J. Gatchel, PhD

n LITERATURE REVIEW
New from the Journals 
David Bagnall, MD; Gert K. Polzhofer, MD; Inneke H. Drespe; Johathan N. Grauer, MD; Alexander Vaccaro, MD; Kenneth P. Burres, MD 

n ABSTRACT REVIEW
NASS Annual Meeting Abstracts 
Michael Shaufele, MD; Scott Boden, MD

 Socioeconomics & Politics

n PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Clinical Records Management 
Jerald P. Waldman, MD, MBA

n CODING Q & A
New Code for Lateral Extracavitary Technique 
NASS Coding Committee

n ETHICAL/LEGAL
Medical Research Funding and Informed Consent   
Eric Muehlbauer, CAE

n ADVOCACY/LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS/PAC
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 
Tom Faciszewski, MD

 NASS News