We were touched by the humanity of these simple portraits and reminded how much we can learn and provide comfort by visiting elderly people in their own homes. We dedicate our front cover to them this month. Through her personal experience with shingles, she observes how both modern antiviral drugs and traditional medicine coexist in an uneasy truce at the close of this century. It is an easy way to improve this vital, but often lacking, form of communication.
Family doctors witness the increasing poverty in our country.
Computers will be used more and more for learning in the near future.