COHERENCE, LOCATION, AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

The article presents information on some of the features of the November 2005 issue of the "Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health." This particular issue has a varied menu to offer, but two themes are perhaps worthy of highlighting. The journal carry a research paper that sets out to test the hypothesis that the concept of sense of coherence moderates the health impacts of stressful life events. The conclusion is that sense of coherence does indeed seem to buffer the impact of recent stressful life events. The editorial of this issue asks what patient preference arms in clinical trials really mean.