An Unholy Trinity: Medicine, Politics and Religion in Ireland

A highly critical history of the relationship between politics, the Church, and the medical profession in Ireland. Kirwan argues that this relationship is the genesis of the dysfunctional health service in Ireland today. Liam Kirwan is currently Professor of Surgery at Penang Medical College, Malaysia. Prior to that he worked for 35 years as a Consultant/Professor in a large public hospital in the Irish Health Service.