title: [The public's perception of doctors is changing].
abstract: The public's perception of doctors is the subject of continuous change. The physician's image loses its uniformity to the extent that increasing knowledge and technical ability generate a multitude of different specialisations. A high complexity arises from the accompanying necessary regulations with the professional image considerably varying across perspectives. Due to this complexity the independence of the self-employed physician becomes increasingly obscure. At the same time, though, the image of the doctor as "an appropriate attendant" has not lost any of its radiance.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Allgemeinmedizin der Charité, Berlin. ulrich.schwantes@charite.de
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schwantes
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010465:Perception; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012922:Social Change