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1	LET'S BEGIN Involvement, Evaluation, AMWA, and You
4	FEATURE AMWA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Contact Information for the new Board
8	SPECIAL SECTION 1998 Annual Conference 9     17    21   22   26   Reports from the Annual Conference Robert P. Hand, Contributing Editor Abstracts of Paper Presentations Douglas Haneline, Ph.D. Touring Vancouver Joan N. Nilson President's Address Barbara C. Good, PhD Vancouver Photo Gallery
32	FEATURE A Journalist's Guide to Writing Health Stories Gordon Guyatt, M.D., Joel Ray, M.D., Neil Gibson, M.D., Deborah Cook, M.D., Barry Ashpole, Cornelia Baines, M.D., Candace Gibson, Ph.D., June Engel, Ph.D., Bruce Histed, R.N., M.A., Joan Hollobon, David Spencer, Ph.D., Paul Taylor
43	FEATURE 1998 Medical Book Awards
56	FEATURE NEW AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
57	FEATURE SURVEY AMWA Journal Survey
59	1999 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Call for Paper Presentations

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2 Letters to the Editor 6 Who is AMWA? Pharmaceutical Medical Writers 45 Book Reviews 48 Corporate Sponsors

49 Freelance Forum 51 Member News 53 Dear Edie 55 Chapter & Member News 58 Membership Form 60 AMWA Journal Information