The Last Leaf Has Fallen

by J. Willis Hurst

Book Overview

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, practiced and taught on the Greek island of Kos about 460 years BC. A descendant of the tree under which he taught still stands. Let us imagine that the tree symbolizes the profession of medicine. The roots-the ethical and scientific basis of medicine-are deteriorating, and the leaves-the physicians-are vanishing Good doctors are currently forced to work in a bad system. They have lost control of their actions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1425798489
• ISBN13: 9781425798482
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"