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Article: Living With Innovation: Issues for Medicine in the 21st Century.(Dr. August M. Watanabe)(Transcript)
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- Executive Speeches
- Article date:
- December 1, 1999
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I feel the honor of this invitation very deeply and appreciate the generous and collegial spirit behind it.
There's one other item in my resume that is relevant. I also happen to be the husband of a physician. Though now semi-retired, my wife Peg still sees patients in her ob/gyn practice in Indianapolis.
And if I had no other lens on the world of the medical specialist, that tie alone would be enough to win my admiration for what you do and my empathy for the sometimes trying circumstances under which you do it.
As for me, I would like to think that my remarks today can strengthen the lines of communication between the scientists and physicians ...