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How the medical profession can help heal divisions as well as diseases

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
Doctors can play a role not only in the treatment of their patients but also broader issuesmichaeljung/Shutterstock.com

Medicine need not be confined to the role of cultural bellwether, a sheep with a bell on its neck that reveals where the whole flock is headed. Along with other professions such as law, clergy and education, medicine can and...

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