Letters
Professional hierarchies
Hierarchies serve us well
BMJ 2018; 363 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k5087 (Published 04 December 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;363:k5087
- David M Bowker, retired consultant psychiatrist
- Manchester, UK
- malcbowk{at}aol.com
Is this article a mild but largely political polemic or a somewhat rhetorical essay?1 Taken with the Editor’s Choice,2 we seem to be guided into the untenable and ideological position that hierarchies are malign.
In all life, hierarchies evolve naturally. As there are neither rewards nor punishments in nature, we …
Log in
Log in using your username and password
Log in through your institution
Subscribe from £164 *
Subscribe and get access to all BMJ articles, and much more.
* For online subscription
Access this article for 1 day for:
£30 / $37 / €33 (excludes VAT)
You can download a PDF version for your personal record.