An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Doctors without knowledge endanger lives as much as direct harm.
- In plain terms
- An uneducated doctor helps death.
- What can you take from it?
- Medical ignorance is dangerous.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What skills save lives?
- How can we reduce medical ignorance?
Another view
Experience sometimes compensates for formal ignorance.
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