Saturday, January 10, 2009

‘the ethical dimensions of patient care’ -- #29

[May 1999 journal entry]

I sometimes feel/sense that the physicians with whom I work closely (who retain the resolve to be humane and to exercise a keen social conscience in the practice of medicine) and whose professional formation I support/promote are analogous to dinosaurs – i.e., creatures that became extinct because they were no longer compatible with the environment.