EDITORIAL
Annals of Internal Medicine
Celebrating the ACP Centennial: From the Annals Archive
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uring the 2015 centennial year of the American College of Physicians, publisher of Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals editors will link an article in each issue with an earlier paper from our archives addressing the same disease or clinical question. We hope our readers find this interesting and we welcome comments, especially from physicians who were practicing at the time of publication of the original paper who might offer insight into the impact of the earlier paper on their knowledge or practice. In this issue, Gilbey and Spivey (1) discuss the extreme ethical and personal challenges of caring for Syrian refugees in a hospital in Safed, Israel, in a time of conflict and terrorism. More than a decade ago in a 2004 “On Being a Doctor” essay, Ofran and Giryes (2) reflected on similar issues in caring for Arab and Israeli
patients in a hospital in Jerusalem. Reading these pieces together, one is likely to echo Gilbey and Spivey's query, “Who can say how this will end”? Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH Deputy Editor Ann Intern Med. 2015;162:384. doi:10.7326/M15-0178
References 1. Gilbey P, Spivey S. Healing the enemy: the personal narrative of an Israeli surgeon. Ann Intern Med. 2015;162:389-90. doi:10.7326 /M14-1848 2. Ofran Y, Giryes SS. To be a doctor in Jerusalem: life under threat of terrorism. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:307-8. [PMID: 14970156] doi:0003-4819-140-4-200402170-00015
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Annals of Internal Medicine
Celebrating the ACP Centennial: From the Annals Archive
D
uring the 2015 centennial year of the American College of Physicians, publisher of Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals editors will link an article in each issue with an earlier paper from our archives addressing the same disease or clinical question. We hope our readers find this interesting and we welcome comments, especially from physicians who were practicing at the time of publication of the original paper who might offer insight into the impact of the earlier paper on their knowledge or practice. In this issue, Gilbey and Spivey (1) discuss the extreme ethical and personal challenges of caring for Syrian refugees in a hospital in Safed, Israel, in a time of conflict and terrorism. More than a decade ago in a 2004 “On Being a Doctor” essay, Ofran and Giryes (2) reflected on similar issues in caring for Arab and Israeli
patients in a hospital in Jerusalem. Reading these pieces together, one is likely to echo Gilbey and Spivey's query, “Who can say how this will end”? Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH Deputy Editor Ann Intern Med. 2015;162:384. doi:10.7326/M15-0178
References 1. Gilbey P, Spivey S. Healing the enemy: the personal narrative of an Israeli surgeon. Ann Intern Med. 2015;162:389-90. doi:10.7326 /M14-1848 2. Ofran Y, Giryes SS. To be a doctor in Jerusalem: life under threat of terrorism. Ann Intern Med. 2004;140:307-8. [PMID: 14970156] doi:0003-4819-140-4-200402170-00015
384 © 2015 American College of Physicians
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