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The uncontrolled variable
Author(s) -
Aldous J. G.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt196453263
Subject(s) - privilege (computing) , theme (computing) , medicine , family medicine , medical education , psychology , law , political science , computer science , operating system
Several weeks ago I had the privilege of hearing a practitioner of some fifty years' experience lecture to a group of medical students on the art of practicing medicine. His general theme was that despite the great increase in scientific knowledge that had taken place during his lifetime, the doctor‐patient relationship had not diminished in importance. He was not a therapeutic nihilist and neither am I.