Healthcare policy in Ancient Greece: Insights from the Golden Age of Athens (5th century BC) may be useful for medical care in the 21st century

Affiliations

• ¹ History of Medicine Department, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
• ² Institute of History of Medicine and Public Health, Medical School, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ³ History of Medicine, Anatomy Department, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupoli, Greece.
• ⁴ Biomedical Engineering Unit, 1st Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
• ⁵ 1st Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Laiko Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.