title: A little bit of medicine, a lot of hope.
abstract: After nearly a week of treating patients in Nicaragua, this physician realized that curing isn't everything. Her story was runner-up for the Young Doctor Award in the Medical Economics Doctors' Writing Contest for 2000.
authors: C M
authors: CM
authors: Pluta
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D008493:Medical Missions; D009515:New Jersey; D009527:Nicaragua; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011203:Poverty