But doctors are plagued by avoidable failure and the medical profession as a whole has no reliable mechanism for learning from its mistakes.

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He looks like being on collision course with the medical profession, as the Royal Society of Surgeons said it was still opposed to such a move.

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As the medical profession moves to gender equality, perhaps even majority female, are the medical schools being expanded to take account of the near inevitable career breaks and part time working that will ensue?

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The medical profession likes to dress up what it does as rigorous science.

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He cites the hygiene hypothesis as one that is widely supported by the medical profession.

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