A Relationship Between A Physician And A Patient

There are beliefs and assumptions that can hinder the ability of physicians to build proper relationships with the patient. For me personally, the belies that I hold that may influence my ability to build proper relationships with the patient is control. I believe in shared control rather than doctor control when interacting with the patient.

Discussion how “words of comfort” encapsulated the books take on medicine, I feel that these words are showing us how in medicine being a caring and sympathetic health care provider is important. (Verghese, 2009) In the book relationships with patients is shown to be as important as the care they are providing. Knowing how much technology and medicine has advanced in the last years I feel that no matter how good the scientific side of it is there has to be a relationship with the health care providers and patients. It is proven that a positive relationship helps a patient recover faster. Relationships can help in many ways just having someone to talk to, give feedback, and encouragement are all way relationships are able to benefit and speed up recovery. (Brainline, 2015)

A pivotal aspect of receiving quality medical care is being able to communicate your health concerns and have confidence and trust in your doctor, which is essentially the doctor patient relationship. Yet, this

Over the span of half a century, the medical profession has witnessed a catastrophic shift in the patient-physician relationship. As the manufacturing of new pharmaceuticals and the number of patients under a physician’s care continue to rise, doctor’s are finding it difficult to employ the time-honored principles listed within the Hippocratic Oath. This oath, written in 430 BC by the Greek Physician, Hippocrates, was the first document to state the responsibilities of a physician to his patient (vadscorner, pg 2). Hippocrates believed that it was the physician’s duty, as a healer, to treat the patient infected with the disease to the best of his ability, and not to treat the disease

Helman, C. G. (1981). Disease versus illness in general practice. The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 31(230), 548-552.

Spending so much time with anyone creates a certain level of attachment, let alone between a doctor and his or her patient.This attachment or bond can expedite the curing period of a patient.

Patients come to the physician because of a problem that they are having and with that notion they are prepared to give full details of their problem. Giving information to the medical staff is a

Sometimes physicians go so far as to make patients feel belittled and helpless. Patients, in turn, are relatively passive and accommodating, at least while they are with their doctors"(du Pre 53).

The patient’s perception of quality is influenced by the individual contacts made during a health care encounter. According to Johnson Thornton et al. (2011), “… this study suggests that [social concordance] is positively associated with patient satisfaction with care.” Extending this reasoning beyond the physician-patient dyad, all health care employees who contact the patient in the system must be able to effectively communicate to a patient the nature and impact of their contact. Failure to do may harm the interpersonal perceptions formed by a patient during an encounter.

Patient provider relationships play a pivotal role in the healthcare process. This relationship helps to bridge the gap between ailments of the patient and the diagnosis and care of the provider. The need for this relationship and its propensity to create the catalyst for patients need to be fulfilled is second only to the medical knowledge of the provider and the patient 's willingness to get better. As we have moved from a biomedical perspective to a biopsychosocial perspective the relationship between provider and patient has changed from physician centered modes of communication to more of a patient centered style of communication. And with the change of view we find that a strong and cohesive bond between patient and provider is the key to the advancement and overall quality of care for the patient. According to The Impact of Patient-Centered Care on Outcomes a patient centered approach to care has a correlation to a better healthcare outcome. Focusing on the patient increases compliance of the patient.

Braš, M., V. Đorđević & M. Janjanin (2013) Person-centered pain management - science and art. Croatian Medical Journal, 54, 296-300.

This relationship depends on the patient, the doctor and the communication skills that applied from the doctor to attract the patient’s attention.

The patient-physician relationship is a principal factor of quality patient care. The purpose of this study is to define the most prudent factor in a patient-doctor relationship. By determining, what the patient needs are while in consultation with his or her healthcare provider is an important aspect of the patient’s outcome. The ability to maximize the utility of both the patient and doctor’s time could prove to be satisfactory and efficacious. The administration of countless studies had been conducted for physicians to determine the most competent way to care for the patients, but not from a patients’ point of view. A cross-sectional survey is appropriate for this study so that patients can rate the importance of each factor. A sample

There are a number of key elements that help to provide a framework that enhances truthful communication. Firstly, there is the need to develop open and honest communication from the very beginning of the patient-health professional relationship. Secondly, the health professional needs to use patient penchant as a “weigh” by asking them what they wish to know, how much they wish to know, and determining what they already know. In other words, it is a responsibility of the health professional to get a ‘feel’ for the situation, including the patients’ perception of the situation (Ashcroft, Dawson & Drape 2007).

The doctor-patient relationship always has been and will remain an essential basis of care, in which high quality information is gathered and procedures are made as well as provided. This relationship is a critical foundation to medical ethics that all doctors should attempt to follow and live by. Patients must also have confidence in their physicians to trust the solutions and work around created to counter act certain illnesses and disease. Doctor-patient relationships can directly be observed in both the stories and poems of Dr. William Carlos Williams as well as in the clinical tales of Dr. Oliver Sacks. Both of these doctors have very similar and diverse relationships with multiple patients