Patriarchs on pedestals? How doctors are taught to improve their bedside manner

Authors

Mark A. Wilson, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

128309

Publication Details

Wilson, M. A. (2018). Patriarchs on pedestals? How doctors are taught to improve their bedside manner. The Conversation, 19 June 1-4.

Abstract

Up until around 30 years ago, in the days of paper patient files, doctors were on pedestals and patients generally did as they were told, in a more patriarchal model of patient care. Over 2,400 years ago, Hippocrates wrote: