This display, illustrates four steps in a patient’s journey through an illness. The examples illustrating each step are chosen for their major impact on medical practice today.

• How we get sick – Malaria, an infectious illness, is presently the most common cause of disease and death in the world.
• Getting to medical care – Dramatic changes in emergency care and transport of patients saves thousands of lives each year.
• Diagnosing the illness – New imaging techniques have revolutionized and dramatically improved our diagnostic skills.
• Treating the patient – Relief of pain is still the greatest treatment mode of all.