This year's Medal Lecture was structured around 3 core themes. First, that haematology sits at the very heart of medicine. Second, that acquired coagulation abnormalities in any patient invariably worsen outcome. And third, that pathology informs physiology and, in doing so, heralds innovations in patient care. From these 3 themes emerges a 4th: the case for medical haematology as a distinct, clinically integrative specialty.
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