The Doctor-Patient Relationship Flashcards
An encounter between two persons: doctor and patient
Doctor-Patient relationship
Specific roles and motivations of the doctor
Expert in medicine motivated by the desire to help
Specific roles and motivations of the patient
health seeker motivated by the desire and hope for assistance and relief of pain
Elements of the Doctor Patient relationship
Reality Based Elements
Fantasy Based Elements
Aim is for patient’s wellbeing or health maintenance
Working/Therapeutic Alliance
Derived from the patient’s pattern of learned interpersonal behavior
Transference
Characteristics of the doctor
Medical knowledge Understanding of patient situation or value systems Self awareness Communication skills interview techniques
Characteristics of the patient
Gender Age Individual history Unique Personality Genetic make up life experiences Roles in social group belonging to a community
Gathering patient data, evaluating the content and process
Clinical Interview
Sets the stage for identifying relevant problems in the context of an empathic working alliance with a patient
Clinical interview
Spontaneous, conscious feeling of harmonious responsiveness that promotes the development of a therapeutic relationship
Rapport
Implies an understanding and trust between the doctor and the patient
Rapport
Commitment between the doctor and the patient to explore the patient’s problems, to establish mutual trust and to cooperate with each other to achieve realistic goal of a cure or the alleviation of symptoms
Therapeutic or Working Alliance
Process of displaying attitudes and feelings originally experienced in relationships with persons from the past
Transference
Part of the clinical interview that contains the patient’s stories
content
Part of the clinical interview that contains the patient’s non-verbal
process
Specific cognitive processes, ways of thinking, that the mind employs to avoid painful experience
Defense mechanism
Models of Doctor Patient Relationship
Paternalistic
Informative
Interpretive
Deliberative