The Singularity and the The Singularity and the Have Nots: The Example Have Nots: The Example

of Nepal of Nepal Bibiana Cujec

Kim Solez

Serendipity and Unusual Serendipity and Unusual Facts About Origin of Facts About Origin of

CourseCourseEarle Waugh and I had offices on the same floor in College Plaza for years but did not actually meet until we were asked to debate each other on a TV program on the future of the provicial health care system in January 2011.

Serendipity and Unusual Serendipity and Unusual Facts About Origin of Facts About Origin of

CourseCourseBibiana Cujec and I have worked in the UofA hospital for years but did not actually meet until we both attended the October 2010 Annual Consultative Meeting of Patan Academy of Health Sciences in Nepal.

Medicine Writ LargeMedicine Writ Large“It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation. Physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them”

– Rudolf Virchow

Medicine As A Field Medicine As A Field Much Larger Than We Much Larger Than We Had Ever Considered Had Ever Considered

Before.Before.Including: Disease

Human EnhancementImprovements in Society

In This Overarching In This Overarching Concept of Medicine It Is Concept of Medicine It Is

Involved in All Human Involved in All Human Endeavor.Endeavor.

It must be a force for good. It cannot be a silo competing with

other silos.

This Presentation on This Presentation on Nepal and Thursday’s Nepal and Thursday’s

on Obesity Both on Obesity Both Emphasize the Social Emphasize the Social

Responsibility of Responsibility of Medicine.Medicine.

Medicine Writ Medicine Writ Large – Large –

A good concept to A good concept to keep in mindkeep in mind