Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: The role of a doctor

  • The changing role of the patient in medical practice

    Katrin PlatzerUnited Kingdom Introduction Over the past 200 years, the practice of medicine has changed dramatically. It can be said that until the end of the 18th century most of medicine was based on scant scientific evidence and often did more harm than good. Over the past two centuries, however, the ancient theories of disease…