new england journal of medicine
Published piece on unclaimed bodies in anatomy labs
Episodes
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#5875: The Laminated Card DoctrineWe finally give the laminated card its own episode — the crash that started the checklist, the hospital numbers, and where the faith breaks. -
#5833: When GLP-1s Silence Hunger CuesGLP-1s switch off hunger at the brainstem. For people with anorexia, that's not a side effect — it's the thing they came for. -
#5446: The Potter's Field: Who Buries the Unclaimed Dead?From Hart Island's million graves to the met mitzvah, how societies bury the unclaimed — and why the shame of a pauper's funeral is surprisingly mo... -
#3254: When a Single Patient Changes Medicine: Case Reports That MatterWhy do doctors write case reports for free? And how have single-patient observations sparked drug approvals? -
#2526: How Peer Review Actually Works (and Fails)The history of peer review, the Lancet's biggest scandals, and why arXiv is changing everything.