Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent History of Medicine Feb 2007 Technology and the Patient-Physician Relationship: A Defining Historic Moment Stanley J. Reiser, MD, MPA, PhD Invention of the stethoscope in 1816 changed the patient-physician relationship. Technology, widely used in medicine today, is not a substitute for the physician’s human understanding of the patient’s life. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(2):143-146. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.mhum1-0702.
History of Medicine Feb 2007 Technology and the Patient-Physician Relationship: A Defining Historic Moment Stanley J. Reiser, MD, MPA, PhD Invention of the stethoscope in 1816 changed the patient-physician relationship. Technology, widely used in medicine today, is not a substitute for the physician’s human understanding of the patient’s life. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(2):143-146. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.2.mhum1-0702.