Book Review: Humane Medicine

Humane Medicine

151 that IRBs are political rather than ethical creatures and safeguard the interests of researchers above patients. He makes suggestions for the reorganization of IRBs to make them more democratic. McNeill's arguments illustrate that Snow's analysis still holds true. His position is that IRBs, staffed mostly by medical workers, exist so that research can be approved. To a non-scientist, the bu...

The road towards a more humane medicine.

A return to humane medicine: Osler's legacy.

Sir William Osler is celebrated today not only for his contributions to the advancement of medical education, but also for the humanism he brought to the practice of medicine. He was a doctor whose bedside skills and manners were emulated, and can legitimately be called an infectious diseases specialist. Nonetheless, he was also a humanist in the broader sense of the term, a student of human af...

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