Doctors practice in the isolation of their private offices, treating patients with the tools of their particular specialties. Compounding what John Bonica calls this "tubular vision" in the medical profession, the specialists don't compare notes or join forces; often they don't even realize whom else the patient has seen or what's already been done. ...sometimes they become impatient with pain—especially when there's no observable pathological reason for a person's complaint.

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Doctors practice in the isolation of their private offices, treating patients with the tools of their particular specialties. Compounding what John Bonica calls this "tubular vision" in the medical profession, the specialists don't compare notes or join forces; often they don't even realize whom else the patient has seen or what's already been done. ...sometimes they become impatient with pain—especially when there's no observable pathological reason for a person's complaint." in the context of "Melinda Blau, "Conquering Pain: New Treatments, New Hope," New York Magazine Mar 22, 1982" to mean that wisdom is timeless.