Howard R. Maykel is professor of medicine and director of the Center for Medical Humanism at the University of Michigan. He is the author of several books, including The Great American Experiment: The Past and Future of Health Care Reform (with Marilyn J. Mason) and The New Medicine: Doctors, Patients, and the Confidence Game (with John Wennberg).
Such elusive puzzles recall the historian's basic dilemma: the absence of evidence does not always signify evidence of absence. In the end, we will likely never know.Howard Markel
How much our society values its children can be measured by how well they are treated and protected.Howard Markel
