title: Medicine for the millennium: the challenge of postmodernism.
abstract: As the new millennium dawns, Australian society is becoming more post-modern, whereas the medical system remains increasingly modernist in its outlook. In this article, we discuss the emerging prevalence of post-modernism and examine current medical education and practice strategies, such as evidence-based medicine, from a post-modern perspective. We argue that if medicine does not respond to the ideas of post-modernism, which challenges the concepts of truth and our ability to be objective, it may become increasingly irrelevant to the needs of a changing society.
authors.affiliation: Royal Perth Hospital, WA. jjchan@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Chan
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D019091:Critical Pathways; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans