From the charismatic faith healer to the heroic consultant to the unassuming charm of Dr Harold Shipman, this evening of provocative discussion reflects on the complex web of power dynamics at play between doctor and patient.

How has the power of the medical profession been celebrated, mediated, manufactured, represented, harnessed or abused through history? How do doctors perform their power and how much does this performance respond to the patient’s need for authority? Do we actually want our doctors to play god?

_Speakers _
> Faith McLellan, Senior Editor, the ‘Lancet’
> Thomas Csordas, Department ofAnthropology,
> University of California, San Diego
> Brian Hurwitz, Professor of Medicine and the Arts, King’s College London
> Elaine Showalter, author of ‘The Female Malady’ and ‘Hystories’

This event is part of the ‘Performing Medicine’ season, brought to you by the Clod Ensemble in association with Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Department of Drama at Queen Mary, University of London.