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Fall 1996

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Riding the streets of Ho Chi Minh City



Reach out and touch someone on the Internet

news

features
A Piercing Issue

by Merry Sue Baum

It's not just for ears anymore, but what are the health risks involved in body piercing?


A Body of Art
by Merry Sue Baum

Tattoos are in vogue, but if they fall out of fashion they are not so easy to discard.


Good Morning Ho Chi Minh City
by Eve Jacobs

This time it's health professionals on the trail, as a team from New Jersey Medical School helps train Vietnamese colleagues on how to cope with the outbreak of AIDS.


Docs in Cyberspace
by Margaret Keenan

Clinicians who are not linked to the Internet may find themselves out of the loop. Find out how faculty at the University are using computers in teaching and for patient care.


departments
call for volunteers

continuing education


A Lesson on Lyme
by Leonard H. Sigal, MD

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Doctor No

by Barbara Iozzia

There appears to be growing sentiment for physician-assisted suicide, but count Dr. Thomas Cavalieri among the vocal naysayers.


cover: Jeffrey W. Young