[OPINION] Medicine has its own cancer that needs curing

'Where are public health, preventive medicine, and family and community medicine in this world? They’re kept on the sidelines.' Read this opinion piece here:

A few weeks ago, the Association of Philippine Medical Colleges-Student Network surprised everyone by publishing its most political statement in a while, upholding press freedomThis might look like just another group statement in these conflicted times, but for us, in our internal network of doctors and doctors-to-be, the APMC-SN statement is astounding in its bravery.

Even if the essence of medicine is saving lives, it is not in the immediate interest of a medical student to dwell on social and systemic injustices that kill the poor. To give you an idea, Googleand you will see how stressful it is for us to decide the reason a poor person dies. And the truth is, some of these attendings and senior residents are some of the most successful in their fields, great doctors whom trainees would be honored to learn from. They are some of the most laudable examples of how to approach patients, how to build rapport, and how to elegantly manage diseases. Their contributions to Philippine medicine are undeniable.

So, is the push to emphasize community medicine just a means to attain individual excellence in the clinical sciences? No, it isn’t. Harboring great clinical knowledge should be based on moral and ethical principles, formed by a deep understanding of our society’s problems.

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