The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine

This book really set-in-stone my desire to study medicine. Providing much information on the major surge in medical achievement in the post-war years, it provided a perspective to view the practice of medicine today. Not only the achievements themselves, but also how they came about, such as by chance or drug screening. The latter part of the book focused on the possible limitations of medicine in modern society, and that it's future cannot be certain. And that the perpetual advance of medicine, that many believed would continue in the 'age of optimism', has come to barriers more recently. Resulting in a changing subject of both social and intellectual integrity.