The broken branch: Darwin's evolutionary tree and the progress of Medicine, the evolution of specialism and generalism

The landscape of medical practice and health care has been transformed by specialization over the past Century. There has been an extraordinary acceleration in the proliferation of specialty practice, coincident with rapid growth in technological devices and their clinical applications during the pa...

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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720130002000122013-05-24The broken branch: Darwin's evolutionary tree and the progress of Medicine, the evolution of specialism and generalismLee,Richard V Cultural evolution Clinical Medicine Darwin General practice Specialization The landscape of medical practice and health care has been transformed by specialization over the past Century. There has been an extraordinary acceleration in the proliferation of specialty practice, coincident with rapid growth in technological devices and their clinical applications during the past fifty years. Medicine and medical care are evolving rapidly, a process that has similarities to biologic evolution. Medical educators, policy makers, and practitioners might find a Darwinian overview of medicine and health care of interest.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.141 n.2 20132013-02-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872013000200012en10.4067/S0034-98872013000200012
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topic Cultural evolution
Clinical Medicine
Darwin
General practice
Specialization
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Clinical Medicine
Darwin
General practice
Specialization
Lee,Richard V
The broken branch: Darwin's evolutionary tree and the progress of Medicine, the evolution of specialism and generalism
description The landscape of medical practice and health care has been transformed by specialization over the past Century. There has been an extraordinary acceleration in the proliferation of specialty practice, coincident with rapid growth in technological devices and their clinical applications during the past fifty years. Medicine and medical care are evolving rapidly, a process that has similarities to biologic evolution. Medical educators, policy makers, and practitioners might find a Darwinian overview of medicine and health care of interest.
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title The broken branch: Darwin's evolutionary tree and the progress of Medicine, the evolution of specialism and generalism
title_short The broken branch: Darwin's evolutionary tree and the progress of Medicine, the evolution of specialism and generalism
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