In medicine today, it is all the fashion to look toward "the next big thing." Who can argue with this when it attends to the advancement of scientific research or the clinical means to ameliorate human suffering? But when such a fashion turns all heads to the racy runways of managerial consultancy and academically stylish sideshows of this modern secularist era, there is cause for concern. Such concern is especially germane to all of academic psychiatry, notably chairs, and their diverse constituents. Why? Well, because management is really just "psychiatry by other means" (apologies to von Clausewitz [1]) with principles rarely more substantive than heavily watered-down palliative phrases rifled from the annals of psychodynamics. Most pertinently, psychiatry is at root etymologically, at leastthe science of the soul. If this is our calling, why not then avail deeper insights rather than heed those parvenus of passing fashion and merchants of managerial gloss? Why not, instead, look to the old wisdom and seek out the Consolations of Philosophy (2)? To this greater end, let us seek a surer moral compass both to chart and to avoid fatal reefs in the shoals of medical leadership. This is found by looking back
The Seven Deadly Sins of Academic Chairs
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In medicine today, it is all the fashion to look toward "the next big thing." Who can argue with this when it attends to the advancement of scientific research or the clinical means to ameliorate human suffering? But when such a fashion turns all heads to the racy runways of managerial consultancy and academically stylish sideshows of this modern secularist era, there is cause for concern. Such concern is especially germane to all of academic psychiatry, notably chairs, and their diverse constituents. Why? Well, because management is really just "psychiatry by other means" (apologies to von Clausewitz [1]) with principles rarely more substantive than heavily watered-down palliative phrases rifled from the annals of psychodynamics. Most pertinently, psychiatry is at root etymologically, at leastthe science of the soul. If this is our calling, why not then avail deeper insights rather than heed those parvenus of passing fashion and merchants of managerial gloss? Why not, instead, look to the old wisdom and seek out the Consolations of Philosophy (2)? To this greater end, let us seek a surer moral compass both to chart and to avoid fatal reefs in the shoals of medical leadership. This is found by looking backPreview Only. This article cannot be rented because we do not currently have permission from the publisher.
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Academic Chairs
Wilson, Daniel R.
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, Volume 30 (4): 304
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc (Journal) – Aug 1, 2006
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