Our academic medical centers: Let us modify them now, not later Edward D. Harris, Jr., M.D.
Articles
John Snow revisited: Getting a handle on the Broad Street pump Howard Brody, M.D., Ph.D., Peter Vinten-Johansen, Ph.D., Nigel Paneth, M.D., M.P.H., Michael R. Rip, Ph.D.
Creating the future: Rather than simply reacting to it Jeffrey I. Gordon, M.D. and David M. Kipnis, M.D.
From Transplant Clinic Sholey Argani, M.D.
Around the continent in 180 days: The controversial journey of Abraham Flexner Mark D. Hiatt
Motivation for medical education reform: The post-Flexner era Gil E. Herren
Commentary on Flexner’s impact-then and now Martha G. Regan-Smith, M.D., Ed.D.; Deborah Danoff, M.D., and Jordan J. Cohen, M.D.
Making meaning of illness: Arthur Frank’s The Wounded Storyteller Delese Wear, Ph.D., Therese Jones, Ph.D., and Lois LaCivita Nixon, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Poetry
What If Lashika Charles R. Joy, M.D.
The Senescent Heart Michael B. Gravanis, M.D.
Features
Letters to the editor
The physician at the movies
Alpha Omega Alpha elects new honorary members Robert J. Glaser, M.D.
Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Awards-1998
Alpha Omega Alpha: National and chapter news Edward D. Harris, Jr., M.D.
Book reviews
Leaders in American Medicine: Audiovisual memoirs of distinguished physicians and biomedical scientists Notice to contributors