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Shuker 0 American University of Science and Technology by Mohamed Shuker Research Methodology HMS 250 Spring 2004 Submitted to: Dr. Karim Nureddein Date May 27th 2004 Shuker 1 Abstract This research is about studying closely the doctor-patient relationship and its development through the history of medicine itself. The paper will discuss the way doctors look at patients and the way they treat them not by medicines but by considering them as human beings. The paper also introduces the Hippocrates oath which commits the doctor to ethical practice of his/her profession. Introducing also, in the paper, Dr. Patch Adams a great pioneer of defending patients' rights. Finally, the paper discusses the same issue in our Lebanese society and suggests solution to the problem. Shuker 2 Table of Contents Chapter 1-Introduction to the medical profession and the doctor-patient relationship. A-A brief look at the history of medicine. B-History of the doctor-patient relationship. B.1-Doctor-patient relationship during Islam. C-The shift from humanity to commerce. D-The code of medical...

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