Allen L. Gifford , MD , is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of California--San Diego and at the San Diego Veteran's Affairs Medical Center. He was an AIDS physician at the University of California--San Francisco from 1992 to 1995. Kate Lorig, RN, Dr.PH , is on the faculty of Stanford University School of Medicine and is a director of the Stanford University School of Medicine's Patient Education Research Center. Diana Laurent, MPH , is a health educator and study coordinator at Stanford University School of Medicine's Patient Education Research Center. Virginia Gonzalez, MPH , is a health educator and study coordinator at Stanford University School of Medicine's Patient Education Research Center.