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Edited by Robert Coles and Randy Testa, with Joseph O'Donnell, Penny Armstrong, and M. Brownell Anderson. 329 pp. New York, The New Press, 2002. $27.95. ISBN 1-56584-729-6.

In their introduction to this anthology of short literary works showing facets of life in medical care, Coles and Testa reflect fears that our medical schools are still not adequately preparing students to "understand and connect [with patients in] heart, mind, and soul." The editors and their three collaborators assembled the anthology with the hope that it might offer readers in the health care professions a fresh perspective on their responses to those they care for each day.

The 53 selections are grouped according to four attributes: altruism, knowledge, skill, and duty. These attributes have been specified by the Medical . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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