Vanishing Acts
Winter 2006

 
Untitled Document
contents top

Contents

Cover Story
> Vanishing Acts

Features
> Honor Role
> Pain Killer
> The Incredibles
> A Cut Above

Departments
> President’s Report
> Bookmark: Divided Minds
> Thinking Zebra
> Benchmarks
    > Piece of Mind
    > On Pills and Needles
    > If You Go Away
    > Medicine in Full Color
> Alumnus Profile
    > Granville Coggs
> Endnotes

contents bottom

Vanishing Acts
Volume 79, Number 3

Winter 2006 Cover

Cover story

Vanishing Acts
An emergency room doctor recalls the gang culture of his youth as he helps young men and women erase the tattoos that link them to a violent past.
by Luis Moreno

 

Features

Honor Role
A combat physician on duty in Iraq learns valuable lessons about courage and sacrifice.
by James S. Eadie

Pain Killer
Prescribing opiates for patients with severe chronic pain lands a physician in jail accused of murder.
by Frank B. Fisher

The Incredibles
Primary care physicians find themselves making superhuman efforts to keep pace with a job that often seems impossible.
by Victoria Mcevoy

A Cut Above
Surgical pioneer David Williams Cheever brought passion and innovation not only to the operating theater but also to hospital care and medical education.
by Eric G. Halvorson

Connect the Docs  |  The History of HMS  |  Class Day  |  Alumni Day   |   Alumni Resources   |   About the Magazine  |  Contact Us  |  Search
The Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin is published by the Harvard Medical Alumni Association. © President and Fellows of Harvard University, 2009