Open AccessThe Medical Care Bookshelf
Author(s) -
Solomon J. Axelrod
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
american journal of public health and the nation's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9679
pISSN - 0002-9572
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.43.4.381
Subject(s) - dilemma , simple (philosophy) , medical care , epistemology , psychology , philosophy , medicine , nursing
"There is no harder scientific fact in the world than the fact that belief can be produced in practically unlimited quantity and intensity, without observation or reasoning, and even in defiance of both, by the simple desire to believe founded on a strong interest in believing."-The Doctor's Dilemma, Bernard Shaw.