Medical Profession

I am at present writing what will hopefully be an extensive piece of work on the medical profession, its origins and how it has manifested itself into self a powerful group. Many reading this will say, of course because they save lives and are essential to our continued well-being. But is their influence and power a necessary part of their benevolent function in modern society? Most people do not know how powerful the medical profession is and so ignore these factors. Are we perhaps, by and large, blinded by sentimentality? What is the reality of the triumph of modern medicine? Hopefully I will answer some of these questions.