The Pharos Spring 2010

In this Issue:

• Editorial: Existentialism, the physician's philosophy
• Alpha Omega Alpha elects honorary members
• Letters to the Editor
• Reviews and Reflections
• The Physician at the Movies
• National and Chapter News: Minutes of the 2009 meeting of the board of directors of Alpha Omega Alpha

Articles
• Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linne), 1707-1778: The Swede Who Named Almost Everything, by Charles T. Ambrose, MD
• Drowning in Science, Saved by Shakespeare, by Larry Z. Zaroff, MD, PhD
• The Ethics of Cosmetic Enhancement, by Anna Raphael, MD
• Ethical Issues in the Use of Cognitive Enhancement, by Ryan Darby
• Death on Call, by Alison Wiesenthal
• Eudaimonia, Existentialism, and the Practice of Medicine, by Andrew Radu, MD
• Health Policy: The Consumer Movement in Health Care, by Eric J. Topol, MD
• Health Policy: Expanding Physician Supply - An Imperative for Health Care Reform, by Richard A. Cooper, MD

Poetry
• Rhabdomyosarcoma, by Mark Warren
• Studying in the Afternoon, by Erika Elise Reid
• The Alabaster Kiss, by John C. Wood, MD
• Snapshot, by Wynne Morrison, MD
• The Procedure, by Seth Ilgenfritz
• On Wrinkles, by Henry N. Claman, MD
• A Simple Walk, by Steven F. Isenberg, MD