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Aleksandar J Ristić1, Adriana Zaharijević2, Nenad Miličić3
1Clinic for Neurology, Clinical Center of Serbia, Medical School, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Abstract:
The article examines the patient-doctor relationship, relying on Michel Foucault's concept of the clinical gaze. We argue that during the last decades, a profound transformation of the social nature of medicine took place, one that Foucault's understanding of the clinical gaze cannot adequately account for. First, the article offers an elaboration of the three-node network of clinical gaze, the clinic, and nosology to explain the positioning of the doctor and the patient within the specific social ontology generated by the rise of medicine. We then discuss intensive but irresolute developments brought by technological advancements, especially the X-ray tube. Finally, we argue that in the contemporary clinic, equipped with a plethora of sophisticated devices, the position of the doctor endured the most radical transformation in comparison with Foucault's proponent of the clinical gaze at the dawn of modern medicine.
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