Is it not also true that no physician, in so far as he is a physician, considers or enjoins what is for the physician’s interest, but that all seek the good of their patients? For we have agreed that a physician strictly so called, is a ruler of bodies, and not a maker of money, have we not? Plato Doctors are proud that they are members of the most highly respected profession. They have traditionally always been held in high regard, but this status is now under siege.
There are many reasons for this "deprofessionalization" of medicine, and doctors finds they are threatened today by many forces: technology, corporatization, specialization, failure, and greed. Technology . While modern technology is very glamorous and allows physicians to bask in success stories which are highlighted in the media, the same technology also reduces the physician's role to that of a mere provider of…
