ABOUT THIS ISSUE

Our 21st issue, "Rage & Reconciliation: Inspiring a Health Care Revolution" features writers, both patients and doctors, exploring the current state of American health care.

In "Notes from a Difficult Case," winner of the Creative Nonfiction $10,000 Best Essay Award, Ruthann Robson, herself a lawyer, debates the potential effectiveness of her own medical malpractice suit. In "Burden of Oath," Linda Peeno tackles the medical ethics of HMOs. These and 9 other authors lend a personal perspective to problems in our health care system.

This issue received generous support from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation of Western Pennsylvania.

Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Karen Wolk Feinstein

From the Editor
Lee Gutkind

Notes from a Difficult Case
Ruthann Robson

The Agony and the Agony (read it online)
Deborah McDonald

Burden of Oath
Linda Peeno

Babies as a Problem
Richard Beach

A Merging of Head and Heart
Judith Dancoff

Interesting Case: Do Not Discard
Natalie Smith Parra

Hypoplastic Heart
Ron Grant

The Last Train to Clarksville: A Journey Through Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Cornelia Reynolds

Postpartum
Nancy Linnon

Lessons from the Unlikely
Erin Newport

The Right Thing
Beth Kephart