title: The Physician as Printer/Publisher: a Rare, but not Unsurprising Combination.
abstract: Progress in medicine and science has depended much upon the production and circulation of written material. While, throughout history, medical doctors have been actively involved in a wide variety of other fields, such as philosophy, poetry, literature, sciences, politics and the military, many of which have led to the writing of material - it seems that only rarely have physicians become printers and/or publishers. In general those becoming physicians have been characterised as studious, curious, thoughtful, pragmatic, largely even-tempered, dutiful, caring and compassionate.Yet, the reasons why an established physician might take time away from his medical duties to enter the arena of printing and publishing arena are unclear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eljashev-Shimshon
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohry
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009656:North America; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D011327:Printing / Q000266:history; D011643:Publishing / Q000266:history*