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A More Political Science

What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?

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Online Exclusive | March 25, 2021

March 25, 2021

  • Arturo Casadevall
  • Michael J. Joyner
  • Nigel Paneth

A Victory for Scientific Pragmatism

In an emergency, the “gold” standard of evidence may not be the wise one.

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Arturo Casadevall, Michael J. Joyner, Nigel Paneth

Essay | Winter 2021

Winter 2021

  • Joseph E. Davis
  • Paul Scherz

Recovering Old Age

Covid has laid bare our warehousing attitude toward the elderly. Have we forgotten what aging is for?

Joseph E. Davis and Paul Scherz

Essay | Winter 2021

Winter 2021

  • Aaron Rothstein

Little Data, Big Headlines

On overinterpreting Covid studies for clicks

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Aaron Rothstein

Essay | Winter 2021

Winter 2021

  • Devorah Goldman

Disarming Frontline Doctors

In its quest to meet the “gold standard,” academic medicine has put Covid patients at risk.

From: The Coronavirus Pandemic

Devorah Goldman

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Essay | Summer 2019

Summer 2019

  • Aaron Kheriaty

First, Take No Stand

On assisted suicide, the medical profession ducks behind “neutrality.”

Aaron Kheriaty

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Essay | Summer/Fall 2018

Summer/Fall 2018

  • Algis Valiunas

Jonas Salk, the People’s Scientist

How the man who vanquished polio won the public’s love but never the respect of his peers

Algis Valiunas

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Review | Spring 2017

Spring 2017

  • Aaron Rothstein

Toward a More Human Medicine

Aaron Rothstein

Essay | Spring 2014

Spring 2014

  • Ronald W. Dworkin

A Feeling for Pain

On the trouble with scientific explanations in anesthesiology

Ronald W. Dworkin

Essay | Winter/Spring 2013

Winter/Spring 2013

  • Lewis M. Andrews

Character Formation and the Origins of AA

Lewis M. Andrews

Review | Fall 2012

Fall 2012

  • Caitrin Keiper

Doctors Within Borders

On the cultural gulf between medicine and tradition

Caitrin Keiper

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