{"product_id":"as-it-was-and-is-joseph-m-merrill-9780595303700","title":"As It Was and Is: A Memoir","description":"\u003ci\u003eIs medical education's mission to increase the earning capacity of the profession or is it to improve the public welfare and to advance medical knowledge?\u003c\/i\u003e To answer this question, the author has let the \"great ones\" of medicine's past address the reader directly. Flexner divided MDs into two groups: those in academic medicine and those in private practice and concluded that the two groups are inherently at war with one another. And, Flexner observed: without the faculty controlling patient beds, \"the school cannot even organize a clinical faculty in any proper sense of the term.\" The author humorously discusses problems encountered in pursuing these lofty goals. Stories of growing up in South Alabama--getting a medial education--hospital work--a tour of duty at NIH--and thirty years in the Texas Medical Center spice these fascinating life-experiences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph M. Merrill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595303706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595303700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Joseph M. Merrill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761031180543,"sku":"9780595303700","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_614f3e26-fc95-4d11-9cf7-be375f99c271.jpg?v=1706680177","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/as-it-was-and-is-joseph-m-merrill-9780595303700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}