Man, Medicine, Technology and Utopia
Keywords:
Physicians, Physician-Patient Relations, History of Medicine, Modern, 'Holistic Health, Interviews, Tectrnology, Medical, Diagnosis, Education, Percussion, Auscultation, X-Rays, Emotions.
Abstract
This article takes one through the different historical stages of medical practice, from the time when the patients' own narrative of his illness was the basis for the doctor to work on, up to the final stage these days where attempts are being made to replace the physician entirely computors. It explains the role of the patient's body and inner suffering, the doctor's relationship tn these as well as the effect of technology.
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