June 2013 | Volume 96 | Issue 7
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Table of Contents
ON THE COVER
A Decade of Musings
The winners of our 10th annual writing contest.
Their Best Shot
The winners of our third annual photo contest.
CLINICAL AND HEALTH AFFAIRS
Cirque De-Stress
BY GARY CHRISTENSON, M.D.
Healing through Reflective Writing: Breast Cancer Survivors’ Experience
BY COLLEEN BAGGS, B.S.N., LISA MCKHANN, M.A., CHARLES E. GESSERT, M.D., M.P.H., and BRIAN P. JOHNSON, M.P.H.
Skin-Lightening Practices and Mercury Exposure in the Somali Community
BY AMIRA ADAWE and CHARLES OBERG, M.D., M.P.H.
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Note
Pulse
Second-career artists, music for a cause, a medical school musical and a community photo contest.
The Physician Advocate
The MMA's monthly report on policy, people and politics
Getting the word out on MNsure, a few minutes with MNsure board member Kathryn Duevel, M.D., news briefs.
FEATURES
Through a Lens Brightly
How a St. Paul physician mixes movie-making and medicine.
BY SARAH T. WILLIAMS
Tapping the Creative Side
Mayo Clinic turns its arts focus toward those who care for patients.
BY SUZY FRISCH
Artists in Residence
Hospitals in Minneapolis and Fargo have hired artists to help cancer patients deal with the stress of treatment.
BY COLIN SOKOLOWSKI
Medical Students at Play
A look at some of this year’s Fisch Art of Medicine award winners.
BY CARMEN PEOTA
END NOTE
On Art
An excerpt from The Sky Is Not the Limit
BY ROBERT FISCH, M.D.