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"Half the Child"

William J. McGee

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"Half the Child" takes place over four consecutive summers in the lives of Michael Mullen and his son Benjamin, who ages from 2 to 5. Mike is an air traffic controller at New York City's LaGuardia Airport who also is pursuing a graduate degree in Psychology. He and Ben's mother are about to divorce, and the legal stakes keep dramatically increasing, ultimately culminating in abduction. The battle for Ben negatively affects Mike's career, education, financial state, friendships, romantic life ...
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Insightful conversations with leading experts in the field of health care, medical research, policy, and more from the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Each episode examines the many complexities found at the junction of medicine and society.
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Benjamin Chrisinger is an assistant professor in the Department of Community Health at Tufts University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. B.W. Chrisinger. Keeping SNAP in Line with Global Evidence on Food Security. N Engl J Med 2024;391:873-875.
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Barron Lerner is a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Population Health at New York University Grossman School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. B.H. Lerner. Medical Expertise — Balancing Science, Values, and Trust. N Engl J Med 2024;391:577-579.…
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Gregg Gonsalves is an associate professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. M.S. Sinha, W.E. Parmet, and G.S. Gonsalves. Déjà Vu All Over Again — Refusing to Learn the Lessons of Covid-19. N Engl J Med 2024;391:481-483.…
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Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler is an associate professor at the Brown University School of Public Health and Warren Alpert Medical School. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E. Tobin-Tyler and S.L. Dickman. Rape, Homicide, and Abortion Bans — The Abandonment of People Subjected to Sexual and Intimate Partner…
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Ida Sim is a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and codirector of the Joint Program in Computational Precision Health at UC Berkeley and UCSF. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. I. Sim and C. Cassel. The Ethics of Relational AI — Expanding and Implementing the Belm…
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Erin Fuse Brown is a professor of health services, policy, and practice at the Brown University School of Public Health and a member of the Journal’s Perspective Advisory Board. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. H. Rooke-Ley, S. Shah, and E.C. Fuse Brown. Medicare Advantage and Consolidation’s New …
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Evan Mullen is a resident in the Department of Medicine at Stanford University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E. Mullen, E.J. Topol, and A. Verghese. Academic Freedom in America — In Support of Institutional Voices. N Engl J Med 2024;391:1-3.
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Nathaniel Chin is an associate professor in the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology and medical director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. N.A. Chin and C.M. Erickson. Alzheimer’s Dise…
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Christine Grady is chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S. Hendriks and C. Grady. Ethics and Highly Innovative Research on Brain Diseases. N Engl J Med 2024;390:2133-2136.…
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Jessica Lewis is a research scientist at the Yale School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.B. Lewis and J.R. Ickovics. Expect With Me — Group Prenatal Care to Reduce Disparities. N Engl J Med 2024;390:2039-2040.
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Alicia Fernandez is a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. A. Fernandez and M.H. Chin. Keep Your Eyes on the Prize — Focusing on Health Care Equity. N Engl J Med 2024;390:1733-1736.
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Joshua Sharfstein is distinguished professor of the practice in health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. J.M. Sharfstein and L.O. Gostin. The Public Good on the Docket — The Supreme Court’s Evolving Approach to Public Hea…
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Kevin Schulman is a professor of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. K. Schulman and B. Richman. Hospital Consolidation and Physician Unionization. N Engl J Med 2024;390:1445-1447.
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Stephanie Fullerton is a professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. S.M. Fullerton and K.B. Brothers. Expanding Applications of Clinical Genetic Testing — Ethical Challenges. N Engl J Med 2024;390:134…
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Daniel Sulmasy is director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Philosophy at Georgetown University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. D.P. Sulmasy. Physicians, Spirituality, and Compassionate Patient Care. N Engl J Med 2024;390:1061-1063.…
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