Doctor-patient relationship during health care

Abstract

The following document will deepen in the doctor-patient relationship, from several perspectives, in which the historical, anthropological and medical perspectives are highlighted, due to the evolution of the doctor-patient relationship throughout time, giving a new stance both patient and doctor in the medical attention, passing since a paternalistic age, in which the doctor decided the treatment with no complaining in the matter from the patient, coming to a stage in which the ill subject empowers itself facing its health condition and in the health system in which it is involved, in this dynamic, the role of the bureaucracy has influenced several aspects of the medical practice. At the same time, the reveal of the involved political elements in this kind of relationship will be pursued.