Editorial
- Biomedical research and its application — A paradox
Robert J. Glaser, M.D.
Articles
- In defense of medicine
Robert G. Petersdorf, M.D. - Medicine and the quest for certainty
Richard B. Gunderman, Ph.D. - The AIDS patient: A historical perspective on the physician's obligation to treat
Jennifer O'Flaherty, M.D. - Medicine and the social contract
David E. Rogers, M.D. - On needle sticks and other metaphors
Bonnie Salomon, M.D. - Anton Chekov's doctors
John H. Dirckx, M.D. - Serendipity can be nudged
Robert H. Moser, M.D. - Cynicism and medical education
Jordan W. Smaller - The healer's Achilles' heel
Nancy L. Greengold. M.D. - W. Larimer Mellon, Jr.: In the spirit of Albert Schweitzer
Morris F. Shaffer, D.Phil., D.Sc.
Poetry
- An aging ballplayer visits the doctor
Eric L. Dyer. M.D.
Features
- Alpha Omega Alpha visiting professorships
- Alpha Omega Alpha Student Essay Awards
- Letters to the editor
- The physician at the movies
- Past and present: Between learning and service 53
- Book reviews