Understanding the challenges of next generation medicine
November 1, 2010
Dr. Donald Palmisano, Former head of the AMA
Times Picayune
The English writer Aldous Huxley once said that humanity has “an absolute and infinite capacity for taking things for granted.” I think about that as I consider the remarkable achievements we’ve made in medicine over the past century from discoveries like penicillin and insulin to the ability to transplant an organ.