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Editorial
The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha
Richard L. Byyny, MD, FACP
Articles
On the problems of chatting with angels
Thomas J. Poulton, MD
Walker Percy, burnout, and the physician's pilgrimage
Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD
The key in the lock: Cardiac catheterization
Morton A. Meyers, MD, FACR, FACG
"Cough, goddamn it!": A fearful mishap leads to the revolutionary advances in cardiology
Morton A. Meyers, MD, FACR, FACG
A clash of values
Emmett Hirsch, MD
Hands
Therese S. Woodring
Lord Byron's lameness
James Gamble, MD, PhD
Poetry
My first patient
Alexandra Houston-Ludlam
Petrified
Julia Jacobs
Reflection of my father
Raymond C. Roy, MD, PhD
Requiem
Michael Slade
Buried in the "et al"
David H. Johnson, MD, MACP, FASCO
News and Features
Medicine in the Movies—Star-crossed: Love, death, and adolescence in two films
Reviews and reflections
~ When Breath Becomes Air
~ By the Bedside of the Patient
~ Matthias Buchinger: The Greatest German Living
~ NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
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