The Future of Surgery: Is Technology the Answer? - Professor Martin Elliott

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Channel: Gresham College · 2014 · Education

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Surgery and healthcare have been fundamentally changed by new technology. Should we imagine that technology will always be the answer, or does that risk missing procedural or methodological changes that might be just as effective. Martin Elliot talks about the excitement and peril of technology in healthcare. 
Martin Elliott is the latest Gresham Professor of  Physic. Information on his ongoing series of free public lectures is available here: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/the-heart-of-the-matter
More information on Professor Elliott can be found here: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/professors-and-speakers/professor-martin-elliott
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