http://annals.org/ en-us Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:52:50 GMT Silverchair editor@annals.org webmaster@annals.org http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleID=1682480 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT Cotton D. <span class="paragraphSection">The Boston health care war had really stepped up at the end of winter. The hospitals were competing furiously for us to be their patients. Their ads boasted: “Individual Care/Global Impact,” “Human First,” “Exceptional Care Without Exception.” They told us we should choose them because they were big, because they were small, because they alone could transplant faces, because they knew our neighborhoods, because they performed true miracles every day. And then it was a Perfect Spring Day and the Marathon was in full swing. Many of the runners were nurses. Many of the runners were doctors. Many were EMTs and health policy experts and insurance executives and legislators and some were even hospital CEOs. When the finish line exploded, the nurses and doctors and EMTs all ran to help and we could not tell them apart if we tried.</span> http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleID=1682480