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The Pharos

Autumn 1999

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Editorial

  • Helen Glaser - The lighthouse keeper
    Faith T. Fitzgerald, M.D.

Articles

  • For Helen Glaser from Alpha Omega Alpha
    Edward D. Harris, Jr., M.D,
  • Through a woman physician’s “I”
    Marjorie S. Sirridge, M.D.
  • Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin comes to medicine
    Robert H. Moser, M.D.
  • Women doctors in the movies
    Peter E. Dans, M.D.
  • “Care” that cares Medicine’s essential patient-centered ethic
    Miles J. Edwards, M.D., Michael Garland, D.Sc.Rel., Michael F. Bonazzola, M.D., and Ralph Crawshaw, M.D.
  • The concept of cure and the quality of life
    jan van Eys, Ph.D., M.D.
  • To our residents: Unbecoming becomingness of neurological practice, 1984
    William M. Landau, Jr., M.D
  • Seeing is believing
    Alan Q Mermann, M.D., M.Div.
  • Power and medical practice
    Albert S. Braverman, M. D.
  • Self-reflection, learning, and sharing mistakes
    Dean Gianakos, M.D.
  • The woman with pneumonia
    Harry W. Fritts, Jr., M.D.

Poetry

  • Contrapuntal
    John C. Wood, M.D.
  • To Helen, or “The grace that staunched ten thousand slips"
    Naomi R. Bluestone, M.D.
  • Leave-Taking
    J. Joseph Marr, M.D.
  • Healing at Diamond Lake
    R. F. Gillum, M.D.
  • Ode to a Managing Editor
    Eric Pfeiffer, M.D.
  • Father Damien in Hawaii, For Dr. Helen Glaser, with gratitude and admiration
    Manuel Martinez-Maldonado, M.D.
  • Festschrift: A Pupil Speaks
    H.J. Van Peenen, M.D
  • Shine Chair
    Henry Langhorne, M.D.
  • The Journey Behind
    Steven a. Wartman, M.D., Ph.D.

Features

  • 3(4): Fragments In honor of Helen Glaser’s distinguished work as editor of The Pharos
    Fredric L. Coe, M.D.
  • To our students: Medicine and the two brains
    Henry N. Claman, M.
  • To our students: Please say “please”
    Stuart A. Schneck, M.D.
  • Questions and reflections: The Sirens’ call
    Dan Gehlbach, M.D.
  • Questions and reflections: How to be a quadruple threat
    Scott K. Epstein, M.D.
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