Open AccessPERSONAL SPACE: PATIENT, DISEASE, PHYSICIAN
Author(s) -
О Г Хурцилава,
О Г Хурцилава,
Gr G Khubulava,
Хубулава Гр.Г.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
vestnik severo-zapadnogo gosudarstvennogo medicinskogo universiteta im. i.i. mečnikova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-9704
pISSN - 2618-7116
DOI - 10.17816/mechnikov20146475-78
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , shamanism , disease , psychology , medicine , family medicine , history , computer science , pathology , archaeology , operating system
This article represents a brief review of the development of the doctor’s and the patient’s attitudes towards each other. Where does the estrangement stage start, when a patient turns from an individual into an interesting medical case? What unites and distinguishes these images? How does the image of the doctor change from healer shaman into a specialist wearing the medical uniform? What unites and distinguishes these two images?