Bad Medicine: Letters

[摘要] I am unapologetically common. I like fried breakfasts, football, cars, rock, and I can’t play any instruments. But medicine has an unspoken sophisticated cachet. We are clever, deeply thoughtful, ‘different’, and have a higher moral code than others — we are the best! Well, this is the professional projection but it simply isn’t true. We aren’t any brighter than others and certainly do not have a higher moral fibre. And our vanity is a problem; we don’t accept criticism and are deeply conservative when it comes to change. Even now, when general practice is on its knees, screaming out for change. Here’s a simple reform that …

[学科分类] 卫生学