Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring/Summer 2006

Published twice annually, the Medical Muse is a literary journal devoted to the inquiries, experiences and meditations of the UNM Health Sciences Center community. Reviewers for this issue were: Sally Bergen, Ann Morrison, Terry Mulcahy and Jeremy Phelps. Advisors: David Bennahum, MD; Richard Rubin, MD; and Norman Taslitz, MD. Art Director/Designer: Paul AkmajianA semiannual arts journal meant to provide a creative outlet for members of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center community: patients, practitioners, students, residents, faculty, staff, and families. This journal is a forum for the expression of meditation, narrative, hurting and celebration — all the ways in which we make sense of what we see and do. It is our hope that in these pages you will encounter a range of experience from the outrageous to the sublime. What we have in common binds and steadies us, yet there is much to be learned from the unfamiliar. The observations and opinions expressed by the contributors to Medical Muse are not necessarily those of the editorial board nor the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.UNM School of Medicine, W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Community Voices Initiative, Grant #P 006013