The State of Medicine Today
Author: T.R.C. Boyde, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, the University of Hong Kong
Publication PDF edition October 2009, pages 154.
Subject: Many changes have been made
in the last fifty years to how Medicine is practised, nearly all by
people who have no idea what they are doing so it should be no surprise
if bad outweighs good. First understand, then decide what should be
done; that's the better way. The really important things for doctors and
patients alike are advances in practice brought about by both clinical
and fundamental research. This book, however, concentrates on how we
have retreated in recent years, in matters of organisation, political
control and the unfortunate influences of the Law, the Media; and a
Public whipped into action by hysterical, self-seeking politicians. The
inner nature of Medicine remains the same, no matter how you fiddle
with its organisation. You can no more change that inner nature; neither
by just taking thought nor running around to gather votes; than add a
single cubit to your height. 
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