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New Prospects for Medicine

This book comprises the collected Wolfson College Lectures for 1987, given at Oxford University. The theme of the lectures provides the book's title . Seven authorities spoke on a topic: Sir Raymond Hoffenberg on "Modern Medicine: Prospects and Problems," Sir Walter Bodmer on "New Approaches to the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer," D. J. Weatherhall on "The New Genetics," G. R. Dunstan on "The Promise of Transplantation," Stephen Lock on "Information and Medical Journals: The Future," and Lewis Thomas on "The Future of Medicine." In his introduction to the book, the editor ably ties together the issues and material of each lecture. Each chapter is appropriately individualistic, happily both cordial and personal. Lock and Thomas are particularly notable in this regard. As befits a lecture, none is too long. All are well composed and easy to read. The sections on genetics and transplantation, however, require a specialized background for thorough appreciation. New Prospects for Medicine is topical and timely, with a helpful historical orientation to many of the issues discussed. It should cultivate a readership well versed in policy, philosophy, science, law, and especially medicine. The Wolfson Lectures for 1987 were carefully put together, and their clarity and perspective commend them to all readers interested in "the big picture" wherein medicine is so important. However, appreciating the boundaries of a lecture series, it would have been good to have found room for a discussion of the education and training of doctors, thereby adding an eighth piece to this fine book.