Relationships as Medicine: Quality of the Physician-Patient Relationship Determines Physician Influence on Treatment Recommendation Adherence

Revitalizing Internal Medicine by Focusing on the Patient-Physician Relationship

THE PATIENT-PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIP Clinical Empathy as Emotional Labor in the Patient-Physician Relationship

INTEREST IN THE RELATIONSHIP BEtween physicians and patients is as old as the practice of medicine. Over the past 20 years, scholarly interest has increased as educators and practicing professionals have realized that a therapeutic relationship, along with integration of knowledge and skills, content of care, information management, teamwork, and health systems is an integral part of healing an...

The Patient-physician Relationship

DURING THE 1980S, RENEWED interest in the patientphysician relationship and the availability of more sophisticated audio and video technology allowed investigators to explore medical discourse in unprecedented detail. One of the most frequently quoted studies from this period (Beckman and Frankel) suggested that patients, asked to describe their concerns by a physician, were most often redirect...

Celebrating the patient-physician relationship.

For me the month of February is about relationships— celebrating those we love on Valentine’s Day and, for many, honouring our relationships with family members on Family Day. This leads me to reflect on the relationships I have with my patients and how important they are to the work we do together to improve their health and well-being. As in our personal relationships, the relationship we hav...

An Investigation of Correlation of the Physician-Patient Relationship and Religious Orientation with Adherence to Treatment of Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

Background and Objectives: Metabolic control and observance of dietary therapy in adolescents with type I diabetes is weaker compared to other patients—the fact which might lead to physical, mental, and social changes in such adolescents in this period of their life. Hence, adolescences are more subject to complications of diabetes. This study, accordingly, was conducted to examine the re...