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Doctors on Doctoring

Small Craft Advisory
Medicine needs to steer a course that balances inspiration and science to achieve a health care system that works for all.
by Daniel D. Federman

The Incredibles
Primary care physicians find themselves making superhuman efforts to keep pace with a job that often seems impossible.
by Victoria McEvoy

Mother Nurture
Breastfeeding provides infants with wonderful benefits; why then do relatively few mothers nurse?
by Ann Barnet

Taking a History
Medical genealogical research helps one physician link himself to a long tradition of healers.
by Michael A. LaCombe

    Sidebar: Alice Hamilton
     The founder of occupational medicine is also a “great-aunt” to the author.
     by Michael A. LaCombe

    Sidebar: Branching Out
     Filling in your medical family tree can start with a phone call or the click of
     a mouse.
     by Michael A. LaCombe

Reinventing the Wheel
How can doctors avoid becoming white-coated cogs in the machinery of medicine?
by Atul Gawande

Ties That Bind
The reluctant decision to set aside his scalpel for good prompts a surgeon to reflect on decades of dedication to this art.
by Ken Kenigsberg

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

Saints Alive
Physicians find inspiration from traditional and unexpected sources.

On Doctoring
Medical notations from the past.

Photo: Harvard Medical Library in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine (Harvey Cushing)