Humanization of Care Ethical and Social in Clinical-Care

Even primitive people practiced medicine with areligious attitude and blamed supernatural forces to all thosediseases that exceeded the experience and thought; the medicalreport (shaman) - sick could be defined as the "paradigm of thesorcerer." This relational mode started from the assumptionthat the disease was due to recognizable supernatural factorsand therapy, based on the recognition of these factors, wasbased on precise measures to counter them. An exemplarypeople in ancient times was that of Egypt, which combinesmedicine, religion and magic through the identification oftherapeutic formulas and magical performances. The priest orSunu (the one who has compassion) enjoyed esteem as a manendowed with divine and supernatural powers and able toappease the wrath of the gods When the individualdoctor-patient relationship is transformed in time, at best ittakes place an evolution from dependency to partnership; Thischange is often the result of work of the doctor who encouragesthe patient to greater self-sufficiency, to a more mature abilityto take responsibility for their own health and to a careful use ofresources. Gradually cohere a model of relationship betweendoctor and patient that sees respected the person as a subject inlaw to make choices, to have personal points of view and takeaction on the basis of his beliefs; good working alliance thatresults, creates a situation of mutual comfort and promotesmutual understanding and acceptance as well as attention tosocial responsibility. The difficulty of this perspective is tomaintain a balance between the conflicting needs of the patientthat one part seeks autonomy and the other support andcontainment. The clinical himself is not free fromcontradictions: on one side is willing to a total delegation ofresponsibility, but the other is alarmed by the loss of authoritythat goes with it I remain ever present Origen: Religious peopleresort to doctors as collaborators of God, knowing that he hasgiven human beings, like all other sciences, as well as medicalscience, and that it was he who ordered the grasses sprout fromthe earth; However, these people also know that the art of thedoctors nothing can if God does not want, but so can what hewants.