title: Once Upon a Time in American Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Medical Service, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif. Electronic address: lmtjr49@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Tierney
mesh_terms: D004645:Empathy; D008511:Medicine; D011331:Private Practice; D017664:Uncompensated Care; D014481:United States