Le progrès scientifique et social porte-t-il atteinte aux rapports médecin-malade?

摘要

It appears undeniable that technical and social progress has modified the doctor-patient relationship. But individual consultation has not been eliminated While data furnished by technology may enable us to make a diagnosis as soon as we see the patient, the patient himself remains to be discovered. The physician is a mediator, a kind of ambassador of medical science to each patient. He provides the scientific explanations and ‘lifts the dark shadows’ so that the sick and anxious individual can become himself ag