Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Dr. Doubledose

  • How not to make the consultation sexy

    Claire ElliottLondon, Ukrain Why do patients allow physicians to carry out an intimate examination barely ten minutes after they have met? As John Berger wrote in 1967, “We give the doctor access to our bodies. Apart from the doctor, we only grant such access voluntarily to lovers – and many are frightened to do even…