Special issue on interprofessional education and care

It's been 12 years since the Journal published its last special themed issue (see Winter 1998, volume 27, no. 1), focused on the World Congress held in Telford, UK, in July 1997. Since that time, there have been a number of subjects that probably warranted special attention, but were not addressed. For that, you can blame one of the Editors of this special issue, who served as Journal Editor during that 10-year period. The topic of interprofessional education (IPE) and care (IPC) is one such theme that warrants our attention at this time. Interprofessional approaches by now have received not only increased attention in the United States, but attention from across the globe. This makes the task of putting together this issue both easy but, at the same time, a bit daunting. Easy in the sense that there is no lack of reports, programs, and efforts at implementing both IPE and IPC from which to choose. Daunting for the same reason: Which are the ones that deserve special attention? What major initiative have we missed?