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Autumn 2018
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Editorial
"The proudest moment of my career"
Richard L. Byyny, MD, FACP
Articles
Medicine's uncompromising champion of racial justice
Vidya Viswanathan
Hope in hopeless causes
Ethan Song
A gift underserved
Jacob Abou-Hanna
A life-saving and life-taking 19th century medical instrument
Edward C. Halperin, MD, MA, Yvonne S. Thornton, MD, MPH
When the lights of health go down
Samuel A. Wells, MD
Good enough medicine
Kenneth Brigham, MD, Michael M.E. Johns, MD
Finding the particulars: The search for the identity of family medicine through generations of change
Kate Rowland, MD, MS
From cradle to grave
Nadine Zeidan, MD
Reflections
Barry Wepman, MD, Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD
Medical student turned patient
Kush S. Patel, MD
Poetry
Walking fragile in the garden
Mara Feingold-Link
A fly on the wall
Anjali Om
Millenials' Night Before Christmas
Fredrick G. Guggenheim, MD
News and Features
Reviews and reflections-Books
Reviewed by Elaine Thomas, MD and David A. Bennahum, MD
Medicine on the big and small screen: One Day, One Room
Reviewed by Michael R. Blackie, PhD
Letters to the Editor
Chapter and National News
AΩA Board of Directors installs new officers and members; Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher awards; 2017-2018 AΩA fellowship, grant, and award recipients
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