Utopia or Inferno
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Lucas, Bernard
- Source
- International Journal of Environmental Studies; January 1970, Vol. 1 Issue: 1 p297-300, 4p
- Subject
- Language
- ISSN
- 00207233; 10290400
During the last sixty years the main changes in medicine have been the introduction of specific therapy and a better understanding of the basic mechanisms of disease. Progress in disease prevention, with the exception of the field of public health, has been slow. By the end of the century medicine will be much more scientific and less inclined to rely on placebos. Complete screening of the body and automated records will enable treatment to be applied as a whole. With improved education the intimate doctor patient relationship will alter: the general practitioner may disappear and his place be taken by the community physician and the medical psychologist.