Surgeon told of tobacco's dangers long before we listened

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Physician Albert Fields was an anti-smoking activist in the 1950s, when such a view was extremely unpopular. In the beginning, he was frequently vilified by the medical establishment and sought support in the American Heart Assn and the American Lung Assn. Smoking is now banned in many public buildings and workplaces, and cigarette television advertising has been banned since 1969. Fields feels that his anti-smoking work is his most important contribution to medicine and counsels young physicians to stay with a cause that they believe in.

Social policy, Fields, Albert

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Dr. Boyle dies; former AMA president, ASIM leader

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Dr. Joseph F. Boyle, an internist who died on July 16, 1992, served as president of the American Medical Association and executive vice president of the American Society of Internal Medicine. Boyle, well known as a speaker, worked on national health priorities and care for the uninsured before these policies attained popularity. He also promoted Medicare rule changes that reduced disparities in physicians' payments.

Obituary, Officials and employees, American Society of Internal Medicine, Boyle, Joseph F.

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Disabled MDs face no handicap in meeting challenges

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Biographies of three disabled doctors: Frank Jirka who is in rehabilitative medicine, Frank Zondlo and Kyle Hamm both in psychiatry. Emphasis on how they can practice medicine while handicapped.

handicapped, Jirka, Frank, Zondlo, Frank, Hamm, Kyle

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