A National Portrait
A look at medicine and the delivery of health care in the United States
- Winter 2013

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A National Portrait Issue Winter 2013
Heartland
The pace of progress against cardiovascular disease has been swift, but it has left some behind
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A National Portrait Issue Winter 2013
Family Matters
For family medicine practitioners, it's the relationships that make the difference
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A National Portrait Issue Winter 2013
Primary School
The HMS Center for Primary Care brings leadership, innovation to a field in flux
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The Doctor Is In (Transition)
A practitioner of primary care medicine shows pluck in a time of change
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With Child Within America
Amid the swirl of changes that challenge obstetrics today, one thing remains the same—the pure joy of delivering babies
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Multiple Choice
Shared decision making requires doctors and patients to acknowledge personal values—and idiosyncrasies
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Beyond Belief
Research is sounding the depths of the connections between spiritual practice and biomedicine
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The Power of Public Health Epidemiology
A profile of Philip Landrigan
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