Contents: E.B. Ray, Introduction. Part I:Issues in Medical Training.K.I. Miller, Learning to Care for Others and Self: The Experience of Medical Education. A.A. Marshall, Whose Agenda Is It Anyway?: Training Medical Residents in Patient-Centered Interviewing Techniques. D.H. Smith, W. Harris, Communication and Case-Based Ethics: Issues in Medical Training and Practice. Part II:Issues in Caregiver-Recipient Roles.R. Parrott, Pediatrician-Parent Conversation: A Case of Mutual Influence. D. O'Hair, K. McNeilis, Advocates for the Elderly Patient: Negotiation of Patient and Physician Roles. J.F. Nussbaum, L.M. Bettini, Finding the Right Place: Life in a Nursing Home. Part III:Issues in Medical Care.T.L. Thompson, C. Gillotti, From Labor to the NICU: The Journey of a Premature Baby and Her Parents. B.D. Sypher, Denying Patient Autonomy: Seeking Second Opinions in a Health Crisis. E. Zook, Diagnosis HIV/AIDS: Caregiver Communication in the Crisis of Terminal Illness. Part IV:Issues in Social Support.R.J.W. Cline, M.F. Boyd, Communication as Threat and Therapy: Stigma, Social Support, and Coping with HIV Infection. D.O. Braithwaite, "Isn't It Great That People Like You Get Out?": The Process of Adjusting to Disability. L.C. Lederman, "Friends Don't Let Friends Beer-Goggle": The Use and Abuse of Alcohol Among College Students. E.B. Ray, Caring for the Caregivers: Intraorganizational Stress and Support Issues in a Health Care Organization. Part V:Issues in Cultural Dynamics.G.B. Ray, Coping with Loss: Norms of Dependence and Independence in Appalachian Culture. S.O. Long, The Management of Mrs. Suzuki's Miscarriage: Communication and Social Relationships in Japan. M.C. Gonzalez, Is It Better Across the Border: Comparing Health Care in Mexico and the United States. Part VI:Issues in Health-Care Delivery.M. Hardesty, P. Geist, Communication as Hospital Dirty Work: The Neglected Task of Informing Patients About DRGs. J.G. Halsey, T.L. Albrecht, Challenges to Feminist Rights in Health-Care Systems: A Case of Social Justice in Work and Caregiving. C. Aydin, E. Eisenberg, L.B. Bolton, G. Popolow, Getting Back to Patient Care: Communication and Change at a Major Medical Center. Part VII:Issues in Information Dissemination.V.S. Freimuth, J.A. Stein, T.J. Kean, Talking with the Public About Cancer: The Cancer Information Service. G.L. Kreps, Disseminating State-of-the-Art Cancer Treatment Information: The Formative Evaluation of the Physician Data Query System.