Friday 19 September 2014

In treatment, the physician receives his authority from the patient

Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign.

Having collected an army and concentrated his forces, he must blend and harmonize the different elements thereof before pitching his camp.

After that, comes tactical maneuvering, than which there is nothing more difficult. The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.

Thus, to take a long and circuitous route, after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him, to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of DEVIATION.



From "Sun Tzu on the Art of War - The Oldest Military Treatise in the World"
Translated from the Chinese By Lionel Giles, M.A. (1910)

Discussion:

After some considerations this chapter's title manoeuvre was translated into (clinical) pathway.

Translation:

In treatment, the physician receives his authority from the patient.

Having collected staff and examined shifts, he must blend and harmonise the different elements thereof before pitching his team.

After that, comes clinical pathway, than which there is nothing more difficult. The difficulty of clinical pathway consists in turning the devious into the direct, and outlier into gain.

Thus, to take a long and circuitous route, after enticing the infection out of the way, and though starting after predisposed conditions, to contrive to reach the goal before onset of those conditions, shows knowledge of the artifice of VARIANCE ANALYSIS.


Ray Murakami