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July 1977

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Editorial

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Articles

  • The Intellectual Worthiness of Family Medicine
    Walter O. Spitzer, M.D.
  • Grateful Patient
    Bernadette Doran
  • Dr. Donald Duck—The Quack in Practice
    John L. Dusseau
  • My Brother and His Keepers— A Report on a Conference on the Disabled Doctor
    Ralph Crawshaw, M.D.
  • "Doing Better and Feeling Worse”—A Commentary
    Clifford H. Keene, M.D.
  • Advertising—The Doctors’ Dilemma
    A Panel Discussion; Thomas H. Hunter. M.D., moderator

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  • The Physician at the Movies
    Ralph Crawshaw, M.D.
  • Book Reviews
  • From the Medical Schools
  • Roll of Chapters
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