It has been a happy journey, but an unpredictable one. When I was asked to do a radio
show 21/2 years ago, I never anticipated that a few minutes in front of a mike would lead …

D r. Ron Whelan has mixed feelings as he looks ahead to his year as CMA presi-dent. While
he welcomes the ex-citement that comes with the pro-fessional challenge, he expects that …

To the editor: I read the interview of Dr. Lazarus Loeb in the May 15, 1982 issue of the
Journal (126: 1213-1215) with great interest. I have had exactly the opposite experience of …

The medical profession has atomic bombs but no nightsticks. That's the way CMA president
Dr. Laurence Wilson described the awesome but virtually unusable power that physicians …

He ere's my homephone number", Dr. John O'Brien-Bell says at the end of an interview." The
best time to call is around 7, before I've left the house. Any questions, call." His invitation is …

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Osman. required information. GOING OFF SCRIPT June is here and our magazine is as full as …

Y ou know," said Johnny," 25 years from now no one will give a damn that we did this." He
told me that in 1945, moments after the two of us had leapt into one of Hitler's well-built …

A couple of years ago, Dr. Howard Seiden was asked to audition for a job as host of a series
of programs on medicine that was being planned for pay television's Life Channel. Seiden, a …

The scene: The office of the personnel director of a newly established health maintenance
organization (HMO), who is interviewing a primary care physician. HMO: Please come in …

“You know the one where you put the coin in one hand, and make it disappear? She took my
dollar and placed it in her left palm, and with a wave it was gone. For a split second, I was …