The future of wjm.

It is fitting that we have chosen the topic of improving the behavioralhealth care of Asian Americans for the last issue of wjm in theforeseeable future. wjm has a history of publicizing the health careneeds of underserved populations, of featuring articles about cross-culturalcare, and of recruiting authors who can write practical and valuable articlesthat can change clinical practice. We are grateful to our Guest Editors HenryChung, Elizabeth Kramer, and Mack Lipkin and to the Robert Wood JohnsonFoundation for their partnership in its creation. Sadly, wjm has not found a way of being financially viable.Physicians no longer wish to pay for journals, neither do medical societies,and we have resisted becoming dependent on pharmaceutical advertising, whichwe feel influences and distorts medical journals. We will continue to workhard to find a way to publish wjm again in the future. For now,however, no subsequent issues of the journal are scheduled forpublication. I thank our loyal readers, our gifted authors, and a talented staff: GavinYamey, our Deputy Editor; Catherine Nancarrow, our Managing Editor; AubanHaydel, and Sherrie Prasad. Also, we have been fortunate to have theopportunity to work with some of the nation's best editors and advisors. Wehope to be back soon. But until then, we wish you the best.