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John J. Coury, Jr, MD

JAMA. 1986;256(8):1005-1006.

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On behalf of myself and my family, with both pride and humility, I assume the largest responsibility this House of Delegates can bestow on a physician. For this you have our heartfelt gratitude.

For me, this evening is the culmination of years of travel along the path of medicine. I have come to appreciate as never before this greatest of professions in which all of us have the opportunity to serve. And I have learned that we have an opportunity to leave an even far greater legacy of service than the one we have inherited. I say that because, as a profession in today's climate, ours is to remember that it is people we serve. And our legacy to the people can be the kind of medicine that assures them of better health and longer life for their todays and for their tomorrows as well. I think that's extremely important . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Inaugural address, Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association, Chicago, June 18, 1986.

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