Doctor-Patient Relationship

1 In Jay Katz’s review of the book The Silent World of the Doctor and Patient, he presents a psychoanalytical view of the doctor-patient relationship. He states that when “…patients are in the throes of illness…” they experience “infantile regression”–they become like children. And the doctors become narcissistic when they are “…elevated to the status of caring, all-knowing parents,” though they have a “…subsequent fear of being revealed as less than omnipotent.” What do you think about this view of Katz’s? Do you think this view is dated, or does it remain the same today? Support your answer with details.