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Presidential Address

James H. Foster, MD

Arch Surg. 1990;125(6):702-706.

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I have watched with fascination the emerging dominance of the Eastern nations in the political and economic spheres, and I agree with the majority opinion that we must credit hard work, good schooling, and a greater concern for society than for the individual for much of their competitive edge. However, it is not of capitalism vs socialism that I wish to speak today, but rather of certain cultural values that distinguish West from East, values that may have some pertinence to the way we practice medicine.

I have no valid credentials for talking about Eastern values. I have spent a total of slightly less than 4 months on four different trips to the Orient, and much of that time was in the countryside. However, I have read and thought a bit in the 2 years that you give your president elect to choose and to mature a topic. The Eastern . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication December 30, 1989.

Read as the Presidential Address before the 70th Annual Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, Bretton Woods, NH, September 22-24, 1989.

Reprint requests to Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, CT 06032 (Dr Foster).

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