As time goes by: reflections on 40 years of academic medicine and biomedical research.
Professor Firkin of the Department of Medicine at Melbourne's Monash University says that, despite considerable advances, many unanswered questions remain in modern medicine. The bright medical minds that may answer these questions are being lost to the cause because of rigid postgraduate training schemes and inadequate remuneration.
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Department of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
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