Harveian Oration 2017: Triumphs and challenges in a world shaped by medicine
Christopher JM Whitty
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-537
Clin Med December 2017 Christopher JM Whitty
ADepartment of Health, UK; professor of public and international health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Roles: Chief scientific advisor
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vol. 17 no. 6 537-544
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- Published online December 1, 2017.
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- ADepartment of Health, UK; professor of public and international health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
- Address for correspondence: Professor C Whitty, Professor of Public and International Health, Clinical Research Unit, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK. Email: christopher.whitty{at}lshtm.ac.uk
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Harveian Oration 2017: Triumphs and challenges in a world shaped by medicine
Christopher JM Whitty
Clinical Medicine Dec 2017, 17 (6) 537-544; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-6-537
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- Introduction
- The rapid reduction in global child mortality
- The demographic impact of this change – the welcome death of rational Malthusianism
- Health between childhood and old age
- Rising challenges for physicians in adults aged under 75
- Medical science and care for older people
- Multimorbidity – not random but predictable clusters of conditions
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