title: [The medical profession in the medieval Arabic conversation].
abstract: In the medieval Arabic culture the medical profession was discussed in several ways. Major themes were: the image of the physician with strong roots in the Greek medical ethics; the rivalry between physicians often showing itself in the accusation of quackery; the competition with paramedics; the stupidity or unwillingness of patients; the medical success story in which the physician has almost super natural powers. Most of these elements are discussed along with the history of a famous family of physicians, the Bukhtishu, who served as court-physicians to many of the Abbasidic caliphs.
authors.affiliation: Faculteit der Letteren RUL, Vakgroep Talen en Culturen van het Islamitische Midden-Oosten, Leiden, Netherlands.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kruk
mesh_terms: D018643:Arab World; D005197:Famous Persons; D049691:History, Medieval; D007493:Iraq; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000266:history*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Het artsenberoep in het middeleeuwse Arabische discours.