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"Becoming a Doctor"
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"Becoming a Doctor"
A review of the article "Becoming a Doctor" by Lewis Thomas.
743 words (approx. 3 pages) |
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2009
Paper Summary:
The paper examines the article "Becoming a Doctor" by Lewis Thomas, in which Thomas traces the history of medicine from its earliest roots all the way through several modern medical revolutions in the 19th and 20th centuries. The paper discusses how Thomas criticizes the focus of much of modern medicine and suggests that Thomas seems to have downplayed the breathtaking advances of medical science and focused too heavily on what is still left to learn in the future.From the Paper:
"In his essay, Becoming a Doctor, Lewis Thomas traces the history of medicine from its earliest roots in the common human fear of illness and death and the superstitious practices of the ancient shaman all the way through several modern medical revolutions in the 19th and 20th centuries. He characterizes medicine as a field of knowledge that does not accumulate in layers, but rather, one that undergoes wholesale revolutions of new information that completely replace previous understandings and therapeutic philosophies based on those understandings of disease mechanisms."More papers on "Becoming a Doctor":
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"Becoming a Doctor" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Article-Review-Becoming-a-Doctor/114416
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""Becoming a Doctor"" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Article-Review-Becoming-a-Doctor/114416>
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