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08-07-2005, 09:03 PM
Patients And Doctors
Although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers ferventy believed
has weakened our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same as theirs.
This modern faith in medicine is proved by the fact that the annual drug bill of the health services is mounting to astronomical figures and shows no signs at present of ceasing.
The majority of the patients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals feel that they have not received adequate treatment unless they are able to carry home with them some tangible remedy in the shape of a bottle of medicine , a box of pills, or a jar of ointment , and the doctor in the charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements
There is no quicker method of disposing of patients than by giving them what they are asking for, and since most medical men in the health services are overworked and have little time for offering time-consuming and little appreciated advice on such subjects,as diet ,right living ,and the need for abandoning bad habits, etc, the bottle , the box and the jar are almost always granted them,
Although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers ferventy believed
has weakened our confidence in the curative properties of the bottle of medicine remains the same as theirs.
This modern faith in medicine is proved by the fact that the annual drug bill of the health services is mounting to astronomical figures and shows no signs at present of ceasing.
The majority of the patients attending the medical out-patients departments of our hospitals feel that they have not received adequate treatment unless they are able to carry home with them some tangible remedy in the shape of a bottle of medicine , a box of pills, or a jar of ointment , and the doctor in the charge of the department is only too ready to provide them with these requirements
There is no quicker method of disposing of patients than by giving them what they are asking for, and since most medical men in the health services are overworked and have little time for offering time-consuming and little appreciated advice on such subjects,as diet ,right living ,and the need for abandoning bad habits, etc, the bottle , the box and the jar are almost always granted them,