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In reply: Boundaries of medicine

Martin B Van Der Weyden
Med J Aust 2003; 178 (4): .
Published online: 17 February 2003

In reply: Russell implies that my recent column on the boundaries of medicine1 conveys the premise that medicine is a defined and discrete discipline underpinned by biomedical science. So it did, but the contention is not mine, it is that of Seldin.2




Correspondence: 

  • 1. Van Der Weyden MB. The boundaries of medicine [From the editor's desk]. Med J Aust 2002; 177: 465.<eMJA full text>
  • 2. Seldin DW. Presidential address. Trans Assoc Am Phys 1981; 94: lxxv-lxxxvi.
  • 3. Peabody FW. The care of the patient. JAMA 1927; 88: 877-882.
  • 4. Fitzpatrick M. The tyranny of health. London: Routledge, 2001.
  • 5. Smith R. In search of "non-disease". BMJ 2002; 324: 883-885.

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