The essence of the art of medicine

Philpot, C Ross

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00751.x

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To the Editor: Your thoughtful editorial comment1 in the 21 August issue laments that the essence of the art of our profession was potentially diminished recently by the report of a working party of the Royal college of Physicians of London.2

South Australian Infectious Diseases Services, Adelaide, SA.

Correspondence: ross.philpot@nwahs.sa.gov.au

1. Van Der Weyden MB. From the Editor’s Desk: The essence of the art of medicine. Med J Aust 2006; 185: 185. <MJA full text>
2. Royal College of Physicians of London. Doctors in society: medical professionalism in a changing world. Report of a working party. London: RCP, 2005. http://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/pubs/books/docinsoc/docinsoc.pdf (accessed Nov 2006).
3. Partington A, editor. The Oxford dictionary of quotations. Revised 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

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