🩺 In 1776, physicians were not just healers—they were signers, soldiers, governors, judges, and architects of a new republic. This NEJM Perspective reminds us that 5 Declaration signers were doctors, and asks a timely question: as health policy now shapes vaccines, research, insurance, and public trust, have physicians become too distant from national leadership? 🇺🇸
From bedside to body politic, the call for civic engagement still echoes.
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