That Was the Century That Was: Historical Perspectives on Medical Life at the Fin de Siècle
Authors: Russell C. Maulitz
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1999)

Medical Writings6 July 1999That Was the Century That Was: Historical Perspectives on Medical Life at the Fin de SiècleRussell C. Maulitz, MD, PhDRussell C. Maulitz, MD, PhDMCP Hahnemann School of Medicine and Drexel University; Philadelphia, PA 19144 (Maulitz)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-131-1-199907060-00033 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Lately, to many of us, medicine has felt like a large leaky vessel weaving uncertainly across uncharted seas. The profession's continued soundness remains a focal concern for many (1-3). Some in the medical community express discomfort (4), while a few adventurous souls even sally forth into prediction (5). So as U.S. medicine drifts toward the millennium, we can be forgiven if we peer out warily from the deck and wonder what lies ahead—or whether a rudder is down below. Some sort of dramatic change feels imminent. There is a queasy sense of transformation, driven by dramatic late-20th-century developments in the ...References1. Kassirer JP. Medicine at center stage [Editorial]. N Engl J Med. 1993;328:1268-9. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Chassin MR, Galvin RW. The urgent need to improve health care quality. Institute of Medicine National Roundtable on Health Care Quality. JAMA. 1998;280:1000-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Schechter A. The crisis in clinical research: endangering the half-century National Institutes of Health Consensus. JAMA. 1998;280:1440-2. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Kassirer JP. Doctor discomfort [Editorial]. N Engl J Med. 1998;339:1543-4. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Ginzberg E. US health system reform in the early 21st century. JAMA. 1998;280:1539. 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Google Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Russell C. Maulitz, MD, PhDAffiliations: MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine and Drexel University; Philadelphia, PA 19144 (Maulitz)Acknowledgments: The author thanks Professors Jacalyn Duffin (Queens University) and Steven Kunitz (University of Rochester) for critical comments.Grant Support: By the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.Corresponding Author: Russell C. Maulitz, MD, PhD, The Telemedicine Project, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine and Drexel University, Cambridge Building 109, Alden Park, 2967 West School House Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19144. 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