{"product_id":"as-it-was-and-is-a-memoir-9780595303700","title":"As It Was and Is: A Memoir","description":"\u003ci\u003eIs medical education's mission to increase the earning capacity of the profession or is it to improve the public welfare and to advance medical knowledge?\u003c\/i\u003e To answer this question, the author has let the \"great ones\" of medicine's past address the reader directly. Flexner divided MDs into two groups: those in academic medicine and those in private practice and concluded that the two groups are inherently at war with one another. And, Flexner observed: without the faculty controlling patient beds, \"the school cannot even organize a clinical faculty in any proper sense of the term.\" The author humorously discusses problems encountered in pursuing these lofty goals. Stories of growing up in South Alabama--getting a medial education--hospital work--a tour of duty at NIH--and thirty years in the Texas Medical Center spice these fascinating life-experiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph M. Merrill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595303700\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43195263647859,"sku":"9.7806E+12","price":14.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_41cc7783-a4d8-4a05-9f3d-53aef7ce07cb.jpg?v=1752584762","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/as-it-was-and-is-a-memoir-9780595303700","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}