Original Author:

Terri Nass, RN
Wauwatosa, WI

Editors:

Julia Freeman, PhD
National Institute of Arthritis and
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Bethesda, MD

Anne Brown Rodgers
Cygnus Corporation
Rockville, MD

Contributors:

Carolyn M. Albright, MS, RN
Hagerstown Junior College
Hagerstown, MD

Roberta Horton, MSW, ACSW
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY

Carolyn H. McGrory, MS, RN
Division of Rheumatology
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

Phyllis Payne, MPH
Johnson, Bassin, & Shaw, Inc.
Silver Spring, MD

Anne Brown Rodgers
Cygnus Corporation
Rockville, MD

Ann Taubenheim, MS, RN
Cygnus Corporation
Rockville, MD

Reviewers:

Melanie C. Bacon, MPH, RN
George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, DC

Marianna Crane, RN
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Bethesda, MD

Frances Talska Fischbach, RN, MSN Retired)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI

Frances Ingenito, RNP
Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center
University of Connecticut
Farmington, CT

John H. Klippel, MD
Arthritis Foundation
Atlanta, GA

Laura Robbins, DSW
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY

Naomi Rothfield, MD
Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center
University of Connecticut
Farmington, CT

Robert A.S. Roubey, MD
Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Peter H. Schur, MD
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MD

Susan Urrows, MS, RNP
Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center
University of Connecticut
Farmington, CT

John Winfield, MD
Thurston Arthritis Research Center
Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC

Cheryl Yarboro, RN
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Bethesda, MD

Graphic Designer:

Lindi R. Copeland
Circle Solutions, Inc.
McLean, VA

Source: National Institutes of Health, U.S.Dept of Health and Human Services