TY  - JOUR
T1  - TOward a restorative medicine—the science of care
AU  - Harris JC
Y1  - 2009/04/22
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2009.465
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1710
EP  - 1712
VL  - 301
IS  - 16
N2  - 
Francis Peabody (1881-1927), chief of the Harvard unit medical service at Boston City Hospital and the hospital's Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, wrote “The Care of the Patient”1 when he was 45 years old. The article began as a lecture for medical students and was first presented on October 15, 1925. It was revised and expanded in the autumn of the following year, and presented again on October 21, 1926, several months after he was diagnosed with an inoperable metastatic leiomyosarcoma of the stomach.2 By the time this article was published in JAMA1 in March 1927, Peabody's health had worsened and he had only 7 months to live. His equanimity throughout his illness was an inspiration to faculty members and friends; he supported them in their distress over his illness as they provided supportive care for him. Peabody continued to submit clinical research articles until the time of his death. His last article, “The Soul of the Clinic,”3 was completed 1 day before his death and published posthumously in JAMA.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.465
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.465
ER  -