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Volume 117 • Number 2 august 2020
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Alfred Kahn Jr., MD (1916-2013)
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Commentary 28
I Have a Dream
Issam Makhoul, MD
Special Article 30
Market Forces and Evolving U.S Health Care System:
Economics and winds of Change
Amir Mian, MD, MBA
Case Study 34
School and Early Childhood Nutrition in Arkansas
Pearl McElfish, PhD, MBA; Christopher Long, PhD; Bonnie Faitak, MA;
Emily English, DrPH
AFMC: A Closer Look 38
Resource Update for Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
Terri Imus, RN, BSN; Kim Lamb, MS
Case Study 40
A Case of Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Vaping
Ashley Robers, OMSIII; Sudheer Koyagura, MD, MPH
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