The Understanding of modern Medicine.

The Understanding of modern Medicine Perri Klass MD is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, and Medical Director of the Reach Out and Read National Center. Her pediatric subspecialty is Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and she is particularly interested in travel medicine. Dr. Klass has a pediatric primary care practice at Dorchester House, a neighborhood health center in Boston. Through her role at Reach Out and Read she …

…case of modern medicine, the need for more holistic methods of care-giving, as illustrated in the writings of Klass, remains unsatisfied, despite evidence indicating that even the most precise observation and care cannot solve all problems. While progress in medicine has left unparalleled technology and knowledge at the disposal of the modern physician, it has left behind a holistic and comforting manner of care that would greatly enrich the role of the physician and medicine.