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[Role and functions of physicians in the ancient Rome]
Maria Giovanna Ruberto1, Paola Ombretta Cuneo
1Dipartimento di Medicina Legale, Scienze Forensi e Farmaco Tossicologiche, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy. giovanna.ruberto@unipv.it
Abstract:
Today an important international debate is related to the problem of the fair allocation of health care resources. Surprisingly, if we go back to the old Roman age we find the premise for a kind of social health care system. Interestingly, by reading legal and narrative sources we can, get an idea about how medicine was perceived and regulated in ancient Roman society.
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