The final issue was Volume 176 Number 4 September 2002

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Past Theme Issues
wjm produced a number of themed issues over its publication life
 
These include issues devoted to:

Chronic Disease November 2001
Physician Well-Being January 2001
Adolescent Health March 2000
Complementary and Alternative Medicine September 1999

Caring for patients at the end of life September 1995
This special issue addresses end-of-life topics ranging from symptom management to family support from babies to elders, from prognosis to futility, from ethics to culture to religion, from tempering suffering to balancing economic and clinical demands.

Cross-Cultural Medicine: A Decade Later September 1992
This issue informs professionals and policymakers in public and private venues across the country and around the world about the complexities of assuring appropriate health care when traditions differ. It will also provide practical approaches to cultural conflicts. Cross-cultural Medicine-A Decade Later is testimony to the courage of many who have suffered greatly and need to be understood and to receive care that recognizes their backgrounds. This special issue of the journal is meant to help improve communication, to answer questions and propose solutions.
Articles include:

• Occupational Health Problems Among Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers
• Getting by at Home - Older Russian Emigres and Medical Care
• Gypsies and Health Care
• Dysphoria and Somatization in Iranian Culture
• Working with Refugee Survivors of Torture

Cross-Cultural Medicine December 1983