Tag: Paris Medicine
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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…
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A reflection on the authority gained through tradition: How implementing the Hippocratic Oath in medical school commencement helped legitimize the modern American medical profession
Chloé M. DeLisleColombia The taking of the Hippocratic Oath is an oral tradition that encourages the participants to feel a continued commitment to a professional set of values and ethics.1 By invoking the gods it also creates a divine link, reinforcing the physicians’ responsibility to uphold a sacred tradition and binding them to each other…