The Doctor-Patient Relationship as Described by Physicians and Medical Students
- 1 January 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Health and Human Behavior
- Vol. 5 (1) , 25-34
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2948757
Abstract
Description of the doctor-patient relationship and of satisfactions and dissatisfactions experienced by physicians have been developed from responses to a sentence-completion form given by a sample of medical school faculty, medical students and practitioners. From these descriptions, a model was developed with legitimate, rational control as the nucleus, combining intellectual and affective elements. The kind of control which the physician exercises is based on the patient''s personal consent and on the physician''s knowledge and skill. The physician''s most evident satisfactions arise from personal affiliation and the giving of help and care, while his dissatisfactions frequently stem from lack of control, and are mainly attributed to the patient.Keywords
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- Physicians' Views on the Level of Medical Information Among PatientsAmerican Journal of Public Health and the Nations Health, 1957