A "normal" individual with a positive, direct antiglobulin test is described. In common with many other "normal" persons in whom a similar finding has been made, there was no evidence of an increased rate of in vivo red blood cell destruction in this patient. The patient successfully completed a pregnancy during the time that detailed serologic studies on her autoantibodies were being performed. Although the maternal autoantibodies were demonstrable in both an eluate made from the red blood cells of her newborn infant, and in the cord serum, there was no reason to believe that the antibodies caused red blood cell destruction in the infant. The case was of further interest because of the specificities of some of the autoantibodies. Although the mother and child were both C-negative, eluates from their red blood cells contained what ostensibly appeared to be anti-C. Studies that showed that the antibody could be totally adsorbed with C-negative, as well as C-positive red blood cells, proved that this was another example of an autoantibody mimicking an alloantibody. Although this autoantibody appeared initially to have anti-C specificity it was eventually shown to be more closely related to anti-Hr or anti-Rh34, than to anti-C.

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Present at the creation. Interview by Wesley Curry.

This is the inaugural issue of Physician Executive under the auspices of the new American College of Physician Executives. In this and subsequent issues of the journal, we will feature an interview with a prominent figure in the health care delivery system. We begin with Robert A. Henry, MD, FACPE, President and CEO of SwedishAmerican Corporation, Rockford, III. A Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Physician Executives, Dr. Henry is a Past President of both the American College of Physician Executives and the American Academy of Medical Directors. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Physician Executive Management Center. Dr. Henry entered medical management in the early days of the profession and is a long-time member of the Academy and College, becoming a member of the former in 1975. He became a member of the College in 1980 and a Fellow in 1981. He became a Distinguished Fellow of the College upon its creation on January 1 of this year. He has followed the growth of the Academy and of the medical management profession for several years and has been an active contributor to the success of both. He is uniquely qualified to discuss both the profession and the professional organization that serves it. The following is a report on a conversation that was conducted with Dr. Henry in early November 1988 while he was in Tampa for a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Physician Executive Management Center.

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Evaluation of physician's assistants in Gilchrist County, Florida.

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