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CMAJ April 16, 2002 166 (8) 1044-1045;
Michael LaCombe
Dr. LaCombe is editor of the “On being a doctor” and “On being a patient” columns in the . A version of this essay was presented as the Francis Weld Peabody Society Lecture at Harvard Medical School, Jan. 23, 2001.
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  1. Michael LaCombe
  1. Dr. LaCombe is editor of the “On being a doctor” and “On being a patient” columns in the Annals of Internal Medicine. A version of this essay was presented as the Francis Weld Peabody Society Lecture at Harvard Medical School, Jan. 23, 2001.
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr. Michael A. LaCombe, 1303 Naples Rd., Harrison Maine 04040; fax 207 583-2152; lacombe@megalink.net

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