CONTENTS SAN FRANCISCO MEDICINE March 2008 Volume 80, Number 2 FEATURE ARTICLES Music and Medicine
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10 Healing the Healer: The Blues for Docs with the Blues Roy Rogers
4 On Your Behalf
11 Musicophilia: A Feeling for Music Ashley Skabar 13 Living with Music: One Musician’s Perspective Nolan Gasser, PhD 15 Soothing the Sick with Sound: Music at Stanford Hospital Greg Kaufman
6 Executive Memo Mary Lou Licwinko, JD, MHSA 7 President’s Message Steven Fugaro, MD 9 Editorial Mike Denney, MD, PhD 44 Hospital News
17 The Power of Music: The Transformed Moment Susan Mazer 19 Music Therapy at Langley Porter: The Union of Clinical and Musical Skills Tom Benson, MT-BC 21 Healing Muses: Adding Sound to Silent Technology Eileen Hadidian 22 Enriching Hospice Care: Music at the End of Life Kris Montgomery
46 In Memoriam Nancy Thomson, MD SFMS 2008 Annual Dinner 40 Annual Dinner Photos 42 A Note from the Keynote Speaker We Can Do Better: Improving the Health of the American People Steven A. Schroeder, MD
24 The Threshold Choir: Singing to Assist Transitions Kate Munger 25 The Healing Harp: The Oldest Healing Musical Instrument Claire Dunne
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27 Calming the Surgeon and the Patient: The Positive Effects of Music in the OR John Maa, MD, FACS
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28 Jake Leg: A Public Health Mystery is Solved through the Blues Eisha Zaid 29 From Mind to Heart: A Healing Musical Journey Gary Malkin 31 Life in the Vortex: Introductory Notes from a Physician-Musician Bruce S. Victor, MD 33 Doctor of Harmony: Care of Musical People and Musical Hands Robert E. Markison, MD 35 Living Both Music and Medicine: Where the Two Practices Intersect As Told by Various San Francisco-Based Physician-Musicians
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