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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press.

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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press.

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that's how all good comedies go - Doctors Without Boredom

Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day fall on the same day this year, and Barbara McClay has some good thoughts on the matter: If Valentine’s Day is about the incommensurability of feeling and gesture, Ash Wednesday presents us with the ultimate […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

EMRs are designed for billing, not for retaining information - Doctors Without Boredom

The dirty secret of all electronic medical records (EMRs) is this: they are not primarily designed to help doctors record, review, or share information about their patients. No, they are primarily designed to capture the data necessary to submit bills to […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

EMRs are designed for billing, not for retaining information - Doctors Without Boredom

The dirty secret of all electronic medical records (EMRs) is this: they are not primarily designed to help doctors record, review, or share information about their patients. No, they are primarily designed to capture the data necessary to submit bills to […]

Matthew LoftusEconomicsHealth & Medicine

follow the money, asthma prevention edition - Doctors Without Boredom

We'd save money if we tried to help prevent asthma attacks rather than just treating them acutely. Why don't we?

Matthew LoftusEconomicsHealth & Medicine

follow the money, asthma prevention edition - Doctors Without Boredom

We'd save money if we tried to help prevent asthma attacks rather than just treating them acutely. Why don't we?

Matthew LoftusArt

tara isabella burton, "the destroyer" - Doctors Without Boredom

A short story by Tara Isabella Burton about science, the body, and love.

Matthew LoftusArt

tara isabella burton, "the destroyer" - Doctors Without Boredom

A short story by Tara Isabella Burton about science, the body, and love.

Matthew LoftusFeaturedSexuality

Moral Formation and Sexual Abuse, Part II: Learning to love what is good by loving one another

In part two of his essay on the sexual abuse revelations Matt Loftus discusses what can be done to create a safer public square for women.

Matthew LoftusArt

my neighbor totoro - Doctors Without Boredom

A lot of kids' entertainment is like Doritos. My Neighbor Totoro is like a fresh strawberry.

Matthew LoftusArt

my neighbor totoro - Doctors Without Boredom

A lot of kids' entertainment is like Doritos. My Neighbor Totoro is like a fresh strawberry.

Matthew Loftus

science should be more political, not less - Doctors Without Boredom

Looking at the Ebola epidemic and vaccines as examples of how to better promulgate science by acknowledging its political implications.

Matthew Loftus

science should be more political, not less - Doctors Without Boredom

Looking at the Ebola epidemic and vaccines as examples of how to better promulgate science by acknowledging its political implications.