Being doctors and something more

What did Albert Schweitzer, Norman Bethune and Ernesto Guevara have in common? No idea? Okay, how about Ibn Sina and Ungku Omar Ahmad? They were all legendary figures in medicine, though not normally regarded as heroes or icons by the medical fraternity. Still, they are highly exemplary doctors —...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
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Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/33690/1/DZUL422.pdf
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description What did Albert Schweitzer, Norman Bethune and Ernesto Guevara have in common? No idea? Okay, how about Ibn Sina and Ungku Omar Ahmad? They were all legendary figures in medicine, though not normally regarded as heroes or icons by the medical fraternity. Still, they are highly exemplary doctors — unlike those who rarely touch our lives nowadays, as health gradually be comes big business. Take, for example, Dr Albert Schweitzer. He was not only a doctor but also a humanitarian, philosopher, philanthropist and theologian; an accomplished musician with his masterly work on Bach. He studied at the University of Strasbourg and became a doctor in 1913.
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spelling usm.eprints-336902017-04-27T08:16:51Z http://eprints.usm.my/33690/ Being doctors and something more Abd Razak, Dzulkifli HC79 Special topics-Including air pollution, automation,consumer demand, famines, flow of funds,etc. What did Albert Schweitzer, Norman Bethune and Ernesto Guevara have in common? No idea? Okay, how about Ibn Sina and Ungku Omar Ahmad? They were all legendary figures in medicine, though not normally regarded as heroes or icons by the medical fraternity. Still, they are highly exemplary doctors — unlike those who rarely touch our lives nowadays, as health gradually be comes big business. Take, for example, Dr Albert Schweitzer. He was not only a doctor but also a humanitarian, philosopher, philanthropist and theologian; an accomplished musician with his masterly work on Bach. He studied at the University of Strasbourg and became a doctor in 1913. 2004-07-25 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/33690/1/DZUL422.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2004) Being doctors and something more. - Comment - New Sunday Times.
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