The Politics of Medicine in Britain and the United States
- 17 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 315 (3) , 168-174
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198607173150306
Abstract
In one of those delightful essays in The Doctor's Saddle-Bag,1 a former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Joseph Garland, recalled the advice given by the "autocrat of the breakfast table" to the young practitioner: "Do not dabble in the muddy sewer of politics, nor linger by the enchanted stream of literature, nor dig in the far-off fields for hidden waters of alien sciences — the great practitioners are generally those who concentrate all their powers on their business."Such advice has some considerable attraction, and at the time it was given, it may have . . .Keywords
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