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Q J Med 2003; 96: 85-86
© 2003 Association of Physicians

Coda

All doctors are liars

John Launer

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Probably the best way to stop doctors from reading an article is to end the first sentence with the word ‘postmodernism’. Assuming you are still reading, however, I will try to give an account of postmodernism, and why I think every doctor in 2003 needs to understand it.

Postmodernism isn't a single theory. It's more of an attitude that governs many people's thinking nowadays. The reason that postmodernism goes by that name is that it rejects the ‘modern’ claim that we can discover increasingly better truths about the world. Instead, it . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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