Editorial
- Can we afford to be civilized?
Michael O'Donnell, FRCGP, M.B., B.Chir.
Articles
- Minor’s abortion: Is the requirement for parental consent ethically justified?
Susan Michelle Yussman - So little time
Arlene J. Zaloznik, M.D. - The great white plague: A personal memoir
Edwin L. Kendig, Jr., M.D. - The cost of caring: A view of Britain's delivery of health care
Ralph Crawshaw, M.D. - Parking lot encounter
John C. Wood, M.D. - Issues of confidentiality in the information age
Tony A. Frasca, M.P.H. - Identifying data
Naomi R. Bluestone, M.D., M.P.H. - “Osler Recommends Chloroform at Sixty”
Horton A. Johnson, M.D. - The physician ethic and managed care: Reformation parallels
John D. Wasnick, M.D. - Early patient encounters: Second-year student narratives of initiation into clinical medicine
Douglas R. Reifler, M.D. - Intimate strangers
Sheila Gujrathi
Poetry
- The Origin
Michael B. Gravanis, M.D. - Ode to a Dead Son
John C. Wood, M.D. - Closure
Audrey Shafer, M.D. - A Pair of Pairs
Henry N. Claman, M.D.
Features
- Alpha Omega Alpha selects deputy executive secretary of the society, and deputy editor of The Pharos
- Alpha Omega Alpha dues and The Pharos: Special notice
- Questions and reflections: “Go read Crandon’s paper.”
Harry W. Fritts, Jr., M.D. - Letters to the editor
- Alpha Omega Alpha Distinguished Teacher Awards
- Alpha Omega Alpha Chapter of the Year Award
- Notice to contributors
- The physician at the movies Outbreak
- Alpha Omega Alpha elects new honorary members
- Leaders in American Medicine: Audiovisual memoirs of distinguished physicians and biomedical scientists
- Alpha Omega Alpha honorary members 1976-1995
- Alpha Omega Alpha Board of Directors annual meeting