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Paul Bruce Beeson is a child of the American frontier, the younger son of a dedicated general practitioner. Dr. Beeson's adventure was academic medicine; he studied at McGill University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Rockefeller Hospital in New York, and the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. He became the Professor and Chair of the departments of medicine at Emory University and Yale University, and then, in Oslerian fashion, was appointed Nuffield Professor of Medicine at Oxford University. His legacy is his pupils, a Who's Who of 20th-century medicine. Dr. Beeson embodies the caring mission of medicine. He prefers to emphasize the patient-physician relationship and the social obligations of medicine; for example, Beeson was a founding member of Physicians for Social Responsibility. It seemed entirely appropriate that his memories and thoughts about 20th-century medicine, which he experienced and exemplified, should be a feature of the first issue of Annals in the year 2000.
The profession of medicine faces unprecedented pressures that jeopardize physicians' ability to care for patients. This is the perfect time for physicians to look back at the history of medicine; examine our own personal journeys; and reflect on our ideals, commitments, and accomplishments. To be effective leaders for medicine and health, physicians must work together. We must be vigilant about threats to high standards, research, education, and ethics and seize opportunities for improvement. We need to ensure that relationships with patients, students and housestaff, and other colleagues are marked by trust and healing. The days, years, and careers that we spend caring for others are most sustainable and satisfying if we also care for ourselves and our families. Many elements are required for physicians to maintain the lifegiving capabilities of our profession. Principles and thought combined with action have carried and buoyed medicine throughout time. This must not change.
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