Medicine Often Mistakes the Present for the Future

Every generation of physicians believes it understands where the future of medicine will emerge. Looking back, those predictions have often proved remarkably accurate over the next 5 y and surprisingly unreliable over the next 20 y. Entire disciplines once regarded as peripheral have gradually moved

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Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Published
2026-07-30
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.126.273432
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Healthcare cost, quality, practices
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Medicine Often Mistakes the Present for the Future

Mathias Goyen
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Healthcare cost, quality, practices
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Medicine Often Mistakes the Present for the Future

Mathias Goyen
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Abstract

Every generation of physicians believes it understands where the future of medicine will emerge. Looking back, those predictions have often proved remarkably accurate over the next 5 y and surprisingly unreliable over the next 20 y. Entire disciplines once regarded as peripheral have gradually moved

Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Universität Hamburg (DE), General Electric (Spain) (ES), Life Science Center Düsseldorf (Germany) (DE), HAW Hamburg (DE)
Openalex Percentile: Top 6%
Healthcare cost, quality, practices
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