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Editorial I The American Health Care System is broken. It can and must be fixed.
Barbara L. McAneny MD, MACP; Introduction by Richard L. Byyny, MD, FACP
Articles
Putting a human face on hospitals
Joseph Gascho, MD
Color blind
Himati Patel, MD, FACP, FHM
Lessons in communication
Sabrina Kunselman
Medicine and the moon
Leonard J. Hoenig, MD
Parkinson’s and me
Frederic Platt, MD
Poetry
Therapeutic plasma exchange, number 53
Aaron S. Hess, MD, PhD
A lone night’s vigil
Evan D. Gorelick
I talk to my stethoscope
Jack Coulehan, MD
Leah’s eyes
Charles W. Shafer, MD
Elegy for Sally Carey*
Alan Cohen, MD
News and Features
Reflections
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Medicine on the big and small screen: The God Committee
In Memoriam
2021 Honor roll of donors
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