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Dear Editor,
It was
a pleasant surprise and an honor to see my name and photo in The
Permanente Journal! (Perm
J 2004 Winter;8(1):103).
Minor
error, however ... my degree is DO, not MD.
Ruth Robinson,
DO, MBA
Family Practice
Executive Director, Annapolis
Center
PCCL, Woodlawn Center
Greetings:
I was
pleasantly surprised to receive The Permanente Journal in the
mail today. For the past few years, I have read the publication and
have enjoyed it for the articles, abstracts, and particularly the poems.
I feel honored to be included as part of the health care team in the
contribution and development of content as well. This goes directly
to the essence of the mission, promoting collaboration and teamwork
in the delivery of care to our members.
Thank
you,
Susie
Larson, RN, MSN
Service
Manager, TPMG
Oakland, CA
--Reply
Thank
you for your note. You expressed exactly what we hoped would be true
about distributing the journal to the health care team.
I
appreciate you taking the time to write to us.
Tom
Janisse, MD, Editor-In-Chief
Editor,
As a book
reviewer for The Permanente Journal, I recently had the privilege
to see galley-proofs of two other reviews, one concerning AJ Cronin's
classic novel The Citadel, and the other concerning The Hospital
Survival Guide, written by David Sherer and Maryann Karinch.
As to
Cronin's novel, the review reminded me intensely of my teenage days,
when the story of young doctor, Andrew Manson, and his loyal wife and
coach, Christine, became one of my guide-books as to my own choice of
profession. Cronin certainly made several statements that still prove
valid, and reviewer Seth Kivnick paid a respectful homage to an honest
author.
Reading
the review of The Hospital Survival Guide, however, was a shaking
experience. I mean not so much the review as such, which is informed
by a quite sober and seemingly fair approach from the side of Kenneth
D Larsen, the reviewer. I am shaken by the sheer fact that such a book
is, or at least seems to be, necessary when encountering the institution
made for helping people in difficulties.
Are you,
reviewer and editor, quite sure that the authors really mean to address
the users of the health care system and not its representatives in an
ironically disguised critique of both the system and the discipline?
Perhaps they mainly intend to hold up a mirror for a profession, hoping
that the profession's representatives dislike what they see?
Sincerely,
Anna Luise
Kirkengen
Oslo, Norway
--Reply
Thank
you for your note and your provocative thoughts.
Editor,
TPJ
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