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On June 22, 2006, the nation of Ghana erupted. SUVs flew through the streets of Accra with flag-waving celebrants jammed through sunroofs. Crowds led by shirtless drummers banging garbage-can tops snaked down major roads, picking up revelers as they went. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets, shouting jubilantly. Ghana, playing in its first World Cup, had beaten the United States and earned a berth in the final stage of the global soccer pageant. It was a paroxysm of national pride that Ghana had rarely experienced.

"It's the same for football players as it is for doctors," I . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Mullan is a professor of pediatrics and health policy at George Washington University, Washington, DC.

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