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Carl Elliott

Carl Elliott teaches philosophy and bioethics at the University of Minnesota. His books include Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream and White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine.

Tuskegee Truth Teller

Tuskegee Truth Teller

Peter Buxtun, like many medical whistleblowers, got little thanks for exposing a notorious scandal

by Carl Elliott | Monday, December 04, 2017
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Life Story

A bioethicist and his creation

by Carl Elliott | Friday, March 01, 2013
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14 Novels of Love Gone Wrong

by Our Editors

The history of love is hardly all sunshine, daisies, and boxes of chocolate. Arguably the oldest love story in the Western canon ended quite badly when Adam and Eve fell out of Eden, and classics like Wuthering Heights and Anna Karenina continue that noble tradition. This Valentine’s Day, celebrate the whole history of love—even the ugly bits—with these 14 novels of romance gone awry.