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Essays & Findings

Public writing, working arguments, and research notes on the craft of doctoring.

Interpretive essays, research summaries, and shorter notes connect the Library and historical record to questions emerging in medicine now.

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Essays · Findings · Notes

Several kinds of writing, one continuing inquiry

Essays

Longer arguments about doctoring, poetry, physician writing, and the future physician role.

Findings

Clear, public-facing summaries of patterns emerging through research and archival work.

Notes

Shorter pieces that surface a question, a source, a method, or a line of inquiry worth following.

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Featured pieces may connect historical and contemporary physician writing, explain a research method in accessible language, or explore how attention, judgment, and responsibility are being reshaped in the age of AI.

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