title: The doctor-patient relationship in rock and roll music.
abstract: An analysis of rock songs in which physicians are central characters, combined with archival events and commentary from the singers and songwriters, sheds light on doctor-patient relationships as seen through popular culture. Rock and roll music attributes special psychological significance to physicians. Musicians project their personal problems through love songs and songs that deal with sex, drugs, and death. In rock songs, physicians frequently represent a cure for lovesickness. Rock musicians often die prematurely from self-inflicted behaviors, reaffirming the connection between their music and the medical profession.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, 1800 Concord Pike, B3B-425, PO Box 15437, Wilmington, DE 19850-5437, USA. arthur.lazarus@astrazeneca.com
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lazarus
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009146:Music; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States