What Women Must Know - 01/25/10
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Dr. Conrad Fischer , M.D.,author of Routine Miracles: Personal Journeys of Patients and Doctors Discovering the Powers of Modern Medicine. Since the 1980s, the field of western medicine has been flooded with phenomenal new developments. With today's drugs and technologies, doctors have the power to restore sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf and total mobility to amputees, to reverse strokes and maintain quality of life for patients with chronic, progressive diseases. Why, then, do so many primary care physicians feel frustrated and pessimistic about the state of their profession? Why are so few medical students raring to devote their career to discovering cures and saving lives? Conrad Fischer, M.D., a medical specialist and teacher with over two decades of dedication to studying and treating infectious diseases,surveyed over 3,000 residents and young doctors, and was disheartened to find that 80 percent of respondents believed that medicine was better to practice a quarter-century ago. So, he set out to examine why and do something about it.
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