The doctor–patient relationship and how it might apply to world affairs: A saga of warts

The doctor–patient relationship and how it might apply to world affairs: A saga of warts

Abstract A prospective patient in an experimental trial on immunotherapy for warts that I was performing was Palestinian. I advised him that I was Jewish, because I feared his reaction in the domain of an experimental therapeutic trial. The patient rhetorically asked whether I was a physician. If so...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinics in dermatology 2012-07, Vol.30 (4), p.456-458
1. Verfasser: Goihman-Yahr, Mauricio, MD, PhD
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Dermatology
Humans
Immunotherapy
Islam - psychology
Jews - psychology
Middle East
Physician-Patient Relations
Religion and Medicine
Warts - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract A prospective patient in an experimental trial on immunotherapy for warts that I was performing was Palestinian. I advised him that I was Jewish, because I feared his reaction in the domain of an experimental therapeutic trial. The patient rhetorically asked whether I was a physician. If so, no problems should exist. He was admitted to the trial and healed. Reason and common interest may vanquish fear and mistrust. Can this teaching be applied to the Middle East situation? Hatred would have to be defeated first.
ISSN:0738-081X
1879-1131
DOI:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2012.03.002