Doctor-Patient Relationship in Africa

Doctor-Patient Relationship in Africa is a landmark work by Filipe Dom Masquil, M.D., Ph.D. - a physician born in Mozambique, raised between two worlds, and trained at one of Europe’s most prestigious medical schools. Originally written as a doctoral dissertation awarded Magna Cum Laude at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg in 1983, this book has lost none of its urgency.

At its heart is a deceptively simple question: what does a doctor need to understand about a patient’s inner…