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Guests: Catherine de Angelis, MD, Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, where the editorial on The Power of Hope was published (Dec. 24/31, 2008).
James C. Harris, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics, and Mental Hygiene at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. The photo is of Drs. De Angelis and Harris, who are married to each other.
Alan Greene, MD, founder of DrGreene.com, president of the Society for Participatory Medicine and Clinical Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. His books include From First Kicks to First Steps and Raising Baby Green.
