On Mon, 3 Aug 1998 19:58:48 +0100, George Myszka wrote:
>When I first read the quote by HL Mencken (from Follies and Fallacies in
>Medicine) 'The true physician does not preach repentance; he offers
>absolution' I was struck by its humanity.
How true!
>I sometimes think that our lives as physicians are being slowly subverted by our employment in the NHS, and that the exigencies of that service are draining our true
>calling. Maybe I'm wrong.
Subverted? More like eroded, bullied and gnawed from the core out.
This is a theme I like to return to. Perhaps when I get my thoughts in
order about 'culture and processes'.
Ahmad
(burdened by the years of caring for humanity, the physician's dream
is threatened by emptiness)
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