Bed Worship — An Ethical Vow for Scientists — Doctor, Please

Abstract

THE source of the somewhat startling headline, "Bed worship wrong, hospitals told," that recently appeared in a daily newspaper was traced to the journal Hospital Management. In fact the phrase bed worship was extracted from the editorial in an issue devoted to a study of the many new experiments in ward design and patient care that are now taking place. Under the title, "The Quiet Revolution in Hospital Practice,"1 the writer claimed that in the National Health Service there is a growing disinclination to accept that the hospital service should dominate the health scene. The hospital service would still require . . .