Focusing on Fundamentals-Juniper Publishers
Juniper Publishers-Journal of Anesthesia
Introduction
In a time of rapid knowledge expansion,
technological innovation, emphasis on cost containment and improving
efficiency in delivering medical care, it is easy to overlook the
fundamentals of medicine. The sudden onset of new diseases, such as the
Ebola virus which can cause rapid spread, panic, multisystem failure,
and death or the Zika virus which is spread by an abundant common factor
the mosquito, and which can cause catastrophic developmental anomalies
to pregnant women resulting in children who will bear the consequences
of these defects for a life time; emphasizes the importance of acquiring
and spreading information, quickly.Despite advances in drug development
the presence of multi-resistant organisms continues to grow at
concomitant rapid pace. With each advancement in medicine the result and
consequences also come to light and become more apparent. The need to
address these issues help to spur the advance of knowledge and
technology. Every effort to increase the rapid spread of information
disperse knowledge contributes to the progress of the field of medicine.
The scope of medicine is enormous…from
understanding the fundamentals of a disease process, to the development
of solutions to combat the disease; and clinical implementation of the
solutions. Each step in the process requires dedicated subspecialist
with advanced and specific knowledge. Although each participant has
their own technical and linguistic approach to their area of knowledge,
it is by expressing their knowledge in a common forum that all
participant are able to acquire an understanding of the work that is
being done; and hasten their own inquiries and expand their own practice
so that the progress of the work is rapidly dispersed and shared.
On a geographic scale the scope and practice of
medicine is vast. Yet, in reality the purpose of medicine is about a
patient. A patient is not an abstraction. This is an individual, a
distinct sole, a human being. As a human being each individual has his
or her unique, personal issues, environment, background, cares, worries,
and composition. A person is not a disease, class, or category. A
person is a human being. This is the fundamental basis of medicine. The
essence of medicine is about an individual, a human being and is
underscored by Hippocrates First and Most Fundamental Dictum of
medicine; “First do no harm!”
According to the modern heath care industry or
healthcare system…physician, scientists, nurses, assistants, aids, and
students are providers who deliver a product to a consumer. This is
wrong. It reflects a complete failure to understand the fundamental
purposes of medicine.
Medicine is not a drug, a technology, a process,
or an industry. The fundamental core of medicine is caring for an
individual “a human being”. This is why medicine transcends…war, race,
religion, and social boundaries. It affects each of us; because, we are
all, each of us sole, solitary, individual “a human being”.
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