From historical documentations, the authors examine doctor-patient relationship concerning the models of transmission of knowledges and medical competences, since antiquity. A more careful psychological training - in according to relationship and communication, global conception of illness and of ill, different expression of trouble and painful among patients, familiar and socialcultural environment - is absolutely necessary for actual doctor. Psychology contributes to revalue a global vision of medicine; links with history seem clear.
Keywords: Relazione, medico, paziente, storia, attualita.