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The Singularity and the Have Nots: The Example of Nepal The Singularity and the Have Nots: The Example of Nepal Bibiana Cujec Kim Solez
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Serendipity and Unusual Facts About Origin of Course Earle Waugh and I had offices on the same floor in College Plaza for years but did not actually meet until we were asked to debate each other on a TV program on the future of the provicial health care system in January 2011.
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Serendipity and Unusual Facts About Origin of Course Bibiana Cujec and I have worked in the UofA hospital for years but did not actually meet until we both attended the October 2010 Annual Consultative Meeting of Patan Academy of Health Sciences in Nepal.
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Medicine Writ Large “It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation. Physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them” – Rudolf Virchow
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Medicine As A Field Much Larger Than We Had Ever Considered Before. Including: Disease Human Enhancement Improvements in Society
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In This Overarching Concept of Medicine It Is Involved in All Human Endeavor. It must be a force for good. It cannot be a silo competing with other silos.
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This Presentation on Nepal and Thursday’s on Obesity Both Emphasize the Social Responsibility of Medicine.
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Medicine Writ Large – A good concept to keep in mind
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