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AMELIA EARHART IN SCHRÖDINGER’S COFFIN Amelia Earhart disappeared on July 2, 1937. We don't know is what happened next. Nearly 90 years later, researchers believe they may have located her Lockheed Electra in a lagoon on Nikumaroro, a remote island in the Pacific. You can read about it here. We continue to be fascinated because of the mystery. But I wonder if there’s something else at work, too. Amelia Earhart has existed for decades in a kind of Schrödinger’s coffin.

SHAKESPEARE IN THE BUSH AND THE PATIENT VOICE I was recently reminded of Shakespeare in the Bush, a classic anthropological essay by Laura Bohannan that explores how culture shapes interpretation. It raises an uncomfortable question for healthcare: How often do we mistake listening for understanding? We celebrate giving patients a voice, but too often we never stop to ask whether we're hearing what they're actually saying. Every patient arrives with their own culture, relatio