The last of six conversations in which biologist Lewis Wolpert invites distinguished scientists to consider what they do.
'In a sense you can take your science so far, and then you have to cut off at the bedside. '
Sir David Weatherall , Professor of Clinical Medicine at Oxford. belongs to a very small group of outstanding doctors who are also outstanding scientists.
He reflects whether there is a genuine difficulty in combining the two roles.
Producer ALISON RICHARDS. Mono