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- Michael LaCombe
- 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.
- Correspondence to:
Dr. Michael A. LaCombe, 1303 Naples Rd., Harrison Maine 04040; fax 207 583-2152; lacombe@megalink.net