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I read with interest CMAJ's list of health-related charities to which one could make donations as an alternative to buying Christmas gifts.1 Most physicians I know will readily give $20 for a worthwhile cause (for example, they will buy not-so-good chocolate bars that the neighbour's kid is selling to fund his trip to a South American polo tournament), but how many go all the way and donate the “recommended dose” of 1% of their pre-tax annual salary (see www.pledgebank.com/justonepercent)? Such a commitment would require one to write quite a few $500 cheques year after year to one's favourite charities; this is the very least we should do.
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