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The Heart of a True Partnership: Dr Oliver Goldsmith Receives "Winning Spirit Award for Partnership."
By Deidre S. Lind

With the support of The Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) Medical Director, Oliver Goldsmith, MD, a Kaiser Permanente patient and physician teamed up to create a very successful program to improve the care of breast cancer patient. Dr Goldsmith was honored by WIN ABC, a national non-profit organization, with the Winning Spirit Award for Partnership.
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We Have Come a Long Way: Women's Health at the Turn of the Millennium.
By M. Jean Gilbert, PhD

M. Jean Gilbert, former Director of Cultural Competence for the Southern California Region, writes about women's health care leading up to the new millennium. She discusses the possibilities for the coming decades, and she reviews Kaiser Permanente's Women's Healthcare Program.
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Women's Health and Federal Policy.
By Joanne L. Hustead, JD; Donald W. Parsons, MD

Don Parsons, MD, Permanente Federation's Associate Executive Director of Health Policy and Joanne L. Hustead JD, Director of Legal and Public Policy at the National Partnership for Women and Families, discuss women's heath on the federal level. They look at past, present, and future legislation.
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