About the Cover—2003 and 2004 CSA Bulletin
by Stephen Jackson, M.D., Editor
Editor's Notes
"The Uninsured—Everyone's Problem" by Stephen Jackson, M.D., CSA Bulletin Editor
President's Page
"CSA Educational Programs Go To Hawaii" by H. Douglas Roberts, M.D., CSA President
Lest We Forget ...
by Peter J. Cohen, M.D.
Executive Director's Page
"Congress Comes to the Rescue (or Preparing for the 2004 Election)" by Barbara Baldwin, CSA Executive Director
Legislative & Practice Affairs
"Hospital Contracts that Demand the Right to Fire Anesthesiologists" by David E. Willett, Esq., CSA Legal Counsel
"Federal Requirements for On-Call Services Softened" by David E. Willett, Esq., CSA Legal Counsel
"A New Era at the State Capitol" by William E. Barnaby, Sr., Esq., CSA Legislative Counsel, and William E. Barnaby, Jr., Esq., CSA Legislative Advocate
"Escape from Armageddon: The Battle Against RBRVS in Workers' Compensation" by Donald J. Prolo, M.D., F.A.C.S., Neurosurgeon, CMA Specialty Delegation
2003 ASA Annual Meeting, Marc Chagall, and The Blue Angels
"San Francisco 2003" by R. Lawrence Sullivan, Jr., M.D., ASA Director
JCAHO "Forbidden" Abbreviations
by Patricia A. Dailey, M.D., CSA Immediate Past President
Equanimity Under Duress
by Clyde W. Jones, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Arthur E. Guedel Memorial Anesthesia Center
"The History of the Arthur E. Guedel Memorial Anesthesia Center" by Selma Harrison Calmes, M.D., President of the Guedel Board of Trustees
Roger Litwiller's Presidential Address to the 2004 ASA House of Delegates
Balance Billing Taken to the Press
Reported by Stephen Jackson, M.D., Editor
J. Kent Garman, M.D., Vice President and President-Elect, Stanford Medical Staff
by Mike Goodkind, Editor, Stanford Medical Staff Update
CSA District Director Reports
Future Meetings
California and National News
Applicants
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