The doctor and the patient: doing too much or too little

Submitted: 26 July 2013
Accepted: 26 July 2013
Published: 19 September 2013
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In his work, the doctor walks a narrow line between doing too much or doing too little. This is a difficult terrain requiring a sense of balance, of solidarity and the knowledge that, in the near future, the doctor will be the main actor in changing the relationships between the medical profession and society...

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D’Amore, F. (2013). The doctor and the patient: doing too much or too little. Italian Journal of Medicine, 7(3), 135–137. https://doi.org/10.4081/itjm.2013.135