Lewis Thomas Quotes:
Ocupation: Physician
Life: November 25, 1913 - December 3, 1993
Birthday: November 25
Death: December 3
It is when physicians are bogged down by their incomplete technologies, by the innumerable things they are obliged to do in medicine when they lack a clear understanding of disease mechanisms, that the deficiencies of the health-care system are most conspicuous. If I were a policy-maker, interested in saving money for health care over the long haul, I would regard it as an act of high prudence to give high priority to a lot more basic research in biologic science.
source: Lewis Thomas (1990). “A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays”
topic: Technology, Medicine, Long, Long Haul, Basic Research, Health Care System
