KevinMD June 9, 2024
In Gerald Green’s The Last Angry Man, Dr. Samuel Abelman is a general practitioner in the twilight of a career that spans fifty years of commitment to patients.
The time is the 1950s, and the place is Brooklyn, NY. The problem is the proliferation of medical specialties.
Although most of his colleagues regard specialization as a greater good because it promises better-trained physicians, Dr. Abelman sees specialization as antithetical to his mission. His mission is to practice quality medicine that improves and, sometimes, saves the lives of his patients.
Specialization will compartmentalize the medical profession. He is outspoken over its impact on divide and conquer. Although many see him as a curmudgeon, the most elite physicians in Brooklyn see him...
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