RMV->) I am an avid reader of Outpatient Surgery Magazine because the articles are pertinent to my practice, cover the timeliest topics and remain a wonderful resource. However, your cover photo for the June 2005 issue is appalling! Nurses take pride in protecting a patient's privacy at all costs and this picture exposes areas that are inappropriate on the cover of a medical periodical. Readers would understand the point of Dr. Lack's procedure without this explicit picture. I am extremely disappointed at your choice of photo. Apologies are in order to your readers and to the model who posed for this picture.

Anne Steimle, RN, BS, CNOR
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