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In 1976 I wrote The Post-Physician Era 1 in which I predicted that within 50 years, physicians — that is, doctors who diagnose and treat illness — will be rendered obsolete by computers and by allied health personnel, whom I called “medics”. I claimed, and still claim, that this development is possible, inevitable and desirable.
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Maxmen, J.S. (1987). Long-Term Trends in Health Care: The Post-Physician Era Reconsidered. In: Schwefel, D. (eds) Indicators and Trends in Health and Health Care. Health Systems Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71537-2_10
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