Sherwin B. Nuland

Has technology changed a physician's values?

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About Sherwin B. Nuland

Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, FACS is Clinical Professor of Surgery (ret. 2009) at the Yale School of Medicine, and Fellow of the university's Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and of the Program in the History of Science and Medicine.

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Sherwin Nuland calls to attention the increasing distancing over the last 2,000 years of the doctor from the patient and implores us to help turn this trend around.

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