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Article: Two Views: Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm since Hippocrates.(Book review)
- Article from:
- Journal of Social History
- Article date:
- December 22, 2007
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Two Views: Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates. By David Wootton (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. xvi plus 320 pp. $25.00).
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An ancient theme in the history of medicine is the story of the enlightened physician overcoming ignorant and stubborn colleagues. In the mid 20th century a few scholars began to use history of medicine to understand broader social and political issues, and today most professional historians eschew simple tales of progress. David Wootton, a professor of history, seeks to revive the progress narrative but focus on physicians' mistakes in order to improve today's medical practice. He fails on all counts.
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