Pepi Granat.
The mission of Medicine: not just a job.
Med Today Jan ;3(1):47-8.

The mission of medicine is to heal the sick. When cure is elusive, it is to relieve distress, and always to comfort. All of us who became physicians had our reasons, but we had to have a genuine interest and ability in science, and an appreciation of people as individuals living in families and societies. We had to be willing to work hard to learn and to keep up with all we needed to know. The profession self-selects its members usually according to personal proclivities, to the benefit of patients. Those of us who go into technical specialties may have some penchant those who become psychiatrists some insight. This is a review article.

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