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The Seven Deadly Sins
Volume 79, Number 4

Introduction: The Seven Deadly Sins
Just how perilous is pride? Is lust really lethal? Does greed lead straight to
the grave? Doctors, sworn to protect life, find themselves examining
their own transgressions.

Pride: Vanity Fare
Why do so many doctor jokes touch on the sin of pride?
by Perri Klass

Envy: I’ll Have What She’s Having
Curing envy may be as simple as refocusing your lens.
by Elissa Ely

Greed: The Sin of Wages
Why do the good doctors on television hospital dramas drive old cars while the bad ones wear bespoke suits?
by Atul Gawande

Wrath: All the Rage
When is anger good for you—and for medicine?
by Alice Flaherty

Sloth: American Idle
Sometimes slacking off can be the best medicine of all.
by Rafael Campo

Gluttony: Gorged on Guilt
The waistline wars pit virtue against vice while ignoring the objections of science and logic.
by William Ira Bennett

Lust: Lust Me, I’m a Doctor
Passion marks the times in a physician’s life—and adds life to his times.
by Stephen Bergman

The Eighth Deadly Sin
Surely medical sins don’t stop at seven. Physicians ponder other fatal flaws.

 

Features

Creature Comforts
Clinicians soothed the ills of the savage—and not so savage—beast during
the short life of the Harvard School of Veterinary Medicine.
by Anthony S. Patton

    Sidebar: A Whole New Ballgame
     The accomplishments of certain graduates of Harvard School of Veterinary
     Medicine went well beyond animal care.

The Soul of a Doctor
Harvard Medical School students explore what it means to become
a physician.