7.1: Doctors and Patients ✅

Question 1

Ccc

Answer 1

Dr je

Question 2

Duty to patients

Answer 2

Care of patients is the first concern

-there is a legal duty of care once a physician assumes responsibility for a patient

Question 3

A Physician’s Fitness to Practice

Answer 3

They must:

-be competent in what they do

-establish and maintain relationships with patients

-respect patients’ autonomy

-act responsibly if they/a colleague fall ill & their performance suffers

-respect their position in society

-respect that their work gives them privileged access to patients (some of whom are vulnerable)

Question 4

Paternalistic

Answer 4

Doctor decides what the most appropriate treatment is

Doctor gives selective information to the patient

Question 5

Cons of Paternalistic

Answer 5

Adopts too narrow meaning of well-being/ best interests of the patient

Patients suffer “illness”, doctors treat “diseases”

Failure to integrate “scientific” and “social” concepts of disease and illness

Doesn’t have due emphasis on patient autonomy

Unequal power dynamics

Question 6

Informative

Answer 6

Providing relevant factual information

Implements the patient’s selected intervention method

Question 7

Interpretative

Answer 7

Providing information

Explaining relevant patient values

Question 8

Deliberative

Answer 8

Providing information

Explaining patient values

Engaging in a dialogue on what course of action would be best

Question 9

What are the core components of the patient-centered approach?

Answer 9

1. Communication
2. Partnership (negotiation)
3. Health promotion

Question 10

Burnout

Answer 10

Syndome

Conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that hasn’t been managed successfully

->can increase mental distance from one’s job