Volume 56, Number 3
Summer 2005

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INTERVIEW

SCMA President Leonard Klay, MD

“We need to organize medicine to address issues that an individual really could not address by himself or herself. The RICO lawsuit is just one example.”
By Steve Osborn

FEATURE ARTICLES

International Medicine

Can mass antibiotic treatments eradicate a bacterial disease?

“To date, no bacterial disease has been successfully eradicated worldwide.
That may soon change.”
By Bruce Gaynor, MD

Tsunami Relief in India

“The initial wave, at an estimated height of 15 feet, traveled inland more than a mile.
Near the water’s edge, only a few reinforced concrete frames remain. ”
By Robert Hickman, MD

The American Swami

“The advantage of living in a country with almost a billion people is that you get to see lots of patients with lots of problems; and sooner or later you figure out how to take care of them.”
By Sanjay Dhar, MD

10,000 Referrals With Nowhere To Go

“Sonoma County in the 21st century is home to an increasingly diverse population, with growing disparities in income and in access to health care.”
By David Gorchoff, MD

The Mobile Clinic: Two Languages and Four Wheels

“Patients are most often from Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru, El Salvador, Argentina, or Colombia. They compose an important part of our local workforce, but they often live in neighborhoods outside the mainstream.”
By Lynn Mortensen, MD

DEPARTMENTS

Local Frontiers

A Toolkit That Actually Works

“As many of the mothers, fathers, and family members of asthmatics know, an attack like the one I witnessed is a terrifying experience. I wished for something better.”
By Colleen Foy-Sterling, MD

Medical Arts

A Different Kind of Healing

“Theater’s reflection allows us to see our truths and our values, and it brings our lives into focus. Once the heart takes hold, the audience has the chance to feel, to transform, and to experience the truth. This is healing.”
By Stacey Kerr, MD

Current Books

Whither Faith?

“The End of Faith, by Sam Harris, is a comprehensive treatise on “religion, terror, and the future of reason” that calls for a conversation about the role of faith in world peace. Its point of view will be uncomfortable for many but illuminating for most.”
By Brien Seeley, MD

What SCMA and CMA Are Doing for You

Silent PPOs

“The business of selling unwitting servitude is highly profitable. Silent PPOs have pulled in as much as $15 billion nationwide during the last few years.”

By SCMA President Heather Furnas, MD

LETTERS

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