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By C. Everett Koop and Timothy Johnson. 138 pp. Grand Rapids, Mich., Zondervan, 1992. $8.99. ISBN 0-310-59781-1.

Dear Lara,

Here's a book I'd like you to read -- in between completing your applications to medical school. It consists of an exchange of letters between C. Everett Koop ("Dear Chick"), the former surgeon general, and Timothy Johnson ("Dear Tim"), the television doctor, on four issues of great importance to the public as well as to the medical profession: abortion, euthanasia, AIDS, and health care. It goes down very easily; you won't want to put it down, and you can read it in two or three hours. But although the book is fast and easily digested, it's nutritious. Koop . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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