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THE NEW PHYSICIAN
MAY-JUNE 2008Volume 57, Issue 4

features

ROAD TRIP
Four years after Step 2 CS was implemented, we don’t know any more about how well it works. But it’s still expensive and inconvenient. And that may add up to an even greater cost for medical education. Plus: Oh, the places you’ll go.
by Avery Hurt


DIVERSE DECISIONS
Will your patients look like you? What do underserved patients look for in their physicians? Research shows that minority physicians are more likely to reach out to underserved populations. But have we turned this into an expectation?
by Linda Childers


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STAFF NOTE
Growing season
by Pete Thomson

MONITOR
Match trends. Compromise on physician rankings. Art and healing.

WELL-BEING
Eating through stress
by Zachary D. Jacobs, M.D.

PERSPECTIVES
Time for a new argument
by Benson S. Hsu, M.D.

SIDE EFFECTS
Summer sizzling. Shut-eye denied. Goodbye golf.

CASES OF THE MONTH
Fixing pharmacology
by Kaplan Medical

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