Specialties in the 1960s

Medical specialties have followed no set pattern. There are specialties focused on age groups, such as paediatrics or geriatrics; on diseases of conditions, such as venereology or obstetrics; on parts, areas, or systems of the body, such as cardiology, dermatology or neurology; on techniques or equipment, such as pathology or radiology; and on particular applications of medical knowledge, such as psychiatry or, belatedly, family practice. The fields overlap, they are constantly shifting. The specialties are infinitely flexible; subspecialties arise that form new connexions between one field and another. As fields are conquered, new techniques are developed or medical interests change; thus new specialty patterns replace the old

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