Withering trust: Redefining the doctor patient relationship

The Doctor – Patient Relationship

T he doctor–patient relationship has been and remains a keystone of care: the medium in which data are gathered, diagnoses and plans are made, compliance is accomplished, and healing, patient activation, and support are provided. 1 To managed care organizations, its importance rests also on market savvy: satisfaction with the doctor–patient relationship is a critical factor in people’s decision...

Doctor-patient relationship

ىلإ ضيرلما يتأي ثيح ،كئاش موهفم ضيرلماو بيبطلا ينب ةقلاعلا ضيرلما مزتلي ،بيبطلا عم دقع يف لخديل ،يئاقلت لكشب بيبطلا تاريغت تثدح ةيضالما دوقعلا للاخ .بيبطلا حئاصنب هبجوبم يفاشلماو ةيدالما ميهافلما راشتنا ببسب ةقلاعلا هذه يف ةيرذج ماع ذنم نيلا دلما ىلع رشن ام لكل حسم يرجأ دقو .ةصالخا بيبطلا ينب ةقلاعلا« عوضوم لوح م2015 سطسغأ ىتحو م1966 :ةيساسلأا تاملكلا ينمدختسم ،»ةيملاسإ رظن ةهجو نم ضيرلماو لاو ...

Trust and distrust between patient and doctor.

To trust someone is to have expectations of their behaviour; distrust often involves disappointed expectations. But healthy trust and distrust require a good understanding of which expectations are reasonable, and which are not. In this paper, I discuss the limits of trustworthiness by drawing on recent studies of trust in the context of defensive medicine, biobanking and cardiopulmonary resusc...

Bridging the gap: the patient-doctor relationship.

In January 2007 the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) launched a national chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) awareness and education campaign: ‘Learn More Breathe Better’. This campaign is “finally moving [COPD] from obscurity to prominence” with the purpose of sending the message that COPD, although serious, is treatable, but also “to narrow the gap between what is co...

The future of the doctor-patient relationship.