[Physician-patient relations from the viewpoint of the surgeon].

The impressive caricatures from Dieter Hanitzsch drew attention to the changes in the state of health policy compared to earlier times. Accompanying this, different aspects which are relevant for the physician-patient relationship are depicted and the conclusion reached that the basic humanity of this relationship is always dependent on the initiative of the individual. For the reestablishment of medical credibility and medical professionality it is essential that the individual physician completes his task in an open, sincere, committed, and, above all, patient-oriented manner.