Building Patient Relationships

Cultural Considerations in Physician-Patient Relationships, With an Emphasis on Electronic Health Record

Good and healthy communication between physician and patient is cornerstone of a complete medical care that has long been considered in sociology. From the classical point of view, the physician-patient relationship as a unique relationship encompasses a wide range of cultural and social influences. Electronic health record not only has facilitated the treatment and diagnosis process, but also ...

Reflective Teaching in the Context of a Video Club: Nurturing Professional Relationships and Building a Learner Community

The purpose of this study was to examine how four teachers used the seven processes of videotape analysis to develop an analytic approach and reflective thinking towards their teaching. The study was organized within video clubs and was used to describe the interactions among four teachers about their experiences at a language institute. Data were gathered through videotaped recordings of lesso...

Building relationships--one patient at a time.

Collaborating in the context of co-location: a grounded theory study.

BACKGROUND Most individuals with mental health concerns seek care from their primary care provider, who may lack comfort, knowledge, and time to provide care. Interprofessional collaboration between providers improves access to primary mental health services and increases primary care providers' comfort offering these services. Building and sustaining interprofessional relationships is foundati...

Preparing Future Physicians: A Reexamination of Communication and the Physician-Patient Relationship through the Lens of Culturally Sensitive Teaching and Learning Methodologies

Presently, we prepare future physicians to work with patients in a manner that makes distinctions between cross-cultural interactions and physician-patient communication in general. The authors argue that this distinction is an artificial one. Given that Biomedicine in and of itself can be considered a unique culture, all physician-patient interactions are cross–cultural by definition. To suppo...

When rapport building extends beyond affiliation: communication overaccommodation toward patients with disabilities.

INTRODUCTION Physician rapport with patients is described as a vital component of relationship-centered care, but rapport-building communication behaviors may exceed boundaries and instead indicate patronizing behavior toward patients with disabilities. This paper addresses the types of communication behaviors and contexts for interpreting when rapport building extends beyond boundaries toward ...