Commentary: The Healing Journey

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The following are excerpts of a speech made during the combined graduationceremony of the 3 Memphis area Family Medicine residency programs on June30, 1997. At that time, the author was preparing to leave his faculty position at theUniversity of Tennessee and accept one at the University of Connecticut. Duringthe convocation, he shared his ideas and personal experiences in an address entitled”The Healing Journey.”