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The Prefix “de” and Medical Training and Practice: the need to humanize

Abstract

The author comments on the lack of humanity in physician-patient and faculty-student relationships and the need to restore such values. She identifies some distortion in the physician training process and provides suggestions to keep professionals committed to the patient as a person.

Key-words:
Humanism; Physician-patient Relations; Interpersonal Relations; Faculty, Medicine; Students, Medical; Education, Medical

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