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xi• J ulia Weiser, a Yale graduate and first-year medical student at the University of Texas Southwestern, edited this book. Julia understood what I wanted to convey in my story, especially as it relates to physicians and young doctors. Her detailed questions to me about my kidnapping and experiences in medicine helped improve the message. She also encouraged me to include some of the more personal insights about family and patients . To my family—Jeremy, Justin, and Shirley—whose strength in facing the kidnapping made the book a more compelling commitment . Thanks to the city of Amarillo and the West Texas community, especially the Amarillo police force, the district attorney’s office, and the Amarillo Globe-News. To Leslie: you were an important reason for writing this book. Thank you to the special lady who stopped her car on that Bushland road and let me use her cell phone. Acknowledgments ACKN OWL EDG MENTS •xii Barry Peterson and his staff helped me find legal references. Dr. Abraham Verghese and Dr. Anand Karnad, former students , chief residents, and physician authors, provided important reviews of the book. Many colleagues read the book and made suggestions: Dr. Rick Jordan, Dr. Steve Urban, Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, Dr. Thomas McGovern, Dr. Afzal Siddiqui, and Dr. John Baldwin. Dr. Robert Kimbrough MACP, a member of the American Osler Society and national expert on the life of William Osler, died in Lubbock, Texas , on November 24, 2010. His counsel on the life of Osler was inspiring to me and all his colleagues. To my mom, age eighty-eight, who so wanted the book to be published during her lifetime. She helped me keep its completion a priority. And to my dad—I still miss him every day. In addition to being an excellent physician and oncologist, Phillip Periman is an outstanding professional photographer and provided photographs of the kidnapping trail. Dr. Robert Mandel taught me about the perplexing publishing business. To the many colleagues—too many to name individually— who made my career and the experiences in Boston, Tennessee, and at Texas Tech University worth writing about. I have changed the names of my patients and in certain instances changed some of the details of the cases to further protect their identity. ...

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