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By 1932, the historian Henry E. Sigerist had noted that medicine’s systemizing impulses were “no longer concerned with man but with disease,” as Anderson and Mackay point out.
Meghan O'Rourke • The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
The job of any doctor, Bludau later told me, is to support quality of life, by which he meant two things: as much freedom from the ravages of disease as possible and the retention of enough function for active engagement in the world. Most doctors treat disease and figure that the rest will take care of itself. And if it doesn’t—if a patient is bec
... See moreAtul Gawande • Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Allan HT, Brearley S, Byng R, Christian S, Clayton J, Mackintosh M, Price L, Smith P, Ross F. People and teams matter in organizational change: professionals' and managers' experiences of changing governance and incentives in primary care. Health Serv Res. 2014 Feb;49(1):93-112. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.12084. Epub 2013 Jul 5. PMID: 23829292; PMCID:
... See moreBeing Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End (Wellcome Collection)
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