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.
Keywords:
doctor / patient / gaze / the clinic / Foucault
Source:
Health Care Analysis An International Journal of Health, Philosophy and Policy, 2020, online
TY - JOUR
AU - Zaharijević, Adriana
AU - Ristić, Aleksandar
AU - Milčić, Nenad
PY - 2020
UR - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/2166
AB - 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.
PB - Basingstoke : Springer Nature
T2 - Health Care Analysis An International Journal of Health, Philosophy and Policy
T1 - Foucault’s Concept of Clinical Gaze Today
VL - online
DO - 10.1007/s10728-020-00402-0
ER -
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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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Zaharijević, A., Ristić, A.,& Milčić, N.. (2020). Foucault’s Concept of Clinical Gaze Today. in Health Care Analysis An International Journal of Health, Philosophy and Policy
Basingstoke : Springer Nature., online.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-020-00402-0
Zaharijević A, Ristić A, Milčić N. Foucault’s Concept of Clinical Gaze Today. in Health Care Analysis An International Journal of Health, Philosophy and Policy. 2020;online.
doi:10.1007/s10728-020-00402-0 .
Zaharijević, Adriana, Ristić, Aleksandar, Milčić, Nenad, "Foucault’s Concept of Clinical Gaze Today" in Health Care Analysis An International Journal of Health, Philosophy and Policy, online (2020),
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-020-00402-0 . .
