title: Practicing medicine in Plato's Cave.
authors.forename: Joseph S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Alpert
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D019365:Metaphor; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018579:Patient Selection; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012955:Societies, Medical