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Volume 335:1402-1403 October 31, 1996 Number 18
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The Secrets of Good Patient Care: Thoughts on medicine in the 21st century

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By William Campbell Felch. 208 pp. Westport, Conn., Praeger, 1996. $49.95. ISBN 0-275-95448-X.

William Felch's delightful and highly readable medical autobiography is also a record of the scientific, socioeconomic, political, and philosophical issues arising in medicine during the span of Felch's practice. Dr. Felch, who has just retired after 40 years as a general internist, has written about quality assurance, served as president of the American Society of Internal Medicine, and cofounded the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education.

Felch presents his views on many aspects of "doctoring" and organized medicine. He discusses his motivation for a medical career (a sense of altruism), his medical school experience (a mixture of drudgery, excitement, and fun), . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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