Nowe zjawiska w relacji lekarz – pacjent w kontekście rozwoju internetu
New phenomena in the relationship between physician and patient in the context of development of the internet

Summary/Abstract: The article presents changes taking place in the relationship between a physician and a patient after the advent of new communication technologies, particularly the Internet. The author presents selected models, which tend to move away from paternalistic tradition of Hippocrates and resign from power of physician towards more patient’s autonomy, subjectivity and responsibility. In real life situations, the relationship between physician and patient is shaped by political, economic and social conditions. The advent of telemedicine and use of the Internet in the health care system change the traditional system of dependencies based on power-knowledge. New notions that characterize new communication situations emerge, e.g. e-patient, e-health, e-doctor, which change the context of relationship between a physician and a patient. The Internet popularizes medical knowledge depriving it of “aura of mystery”. It becomes the space of new relations and forms of communication about health, disease and medicine.

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