Patient reflections: saying good-bye to a retiring family doctor.

Teaching white privilege to white students can mean saying good-bye to positive student evaluations.

"Personal mission statement": An analysis of medical students' and general practitioners' reflections on personal beliefs, values and goals in life.

BACKGROUND Personal mission in life can determine the motivation, happiness, career advancement and fulfilment in life of the medical students (MSs) along with improvement in professional/clinical performance of the family physicians. This study explored the personal beliefs, values and goals in the lives of MSs and general practitioners (GPs). METHODS Fourth-year MSs at the Universiti Putra ...

Exploring the Dimensions of Doctor-Patient Relationship in Clinical Practice in Hospital Settings

The Doctor-Patient Relationship (DPR) is a complex concept in the medical sociology in which patients voluntarily approach a doctor and thus become a part of a contract in which they tends to abide with the doctor’s guidance. Globally, the DPR has changed drastically over the years owing to the commercialization and privatization of the health sector. Furthermore, the dynamics of the DPR has sh...

Reflections on the doctor-patient relationship: from evidence and experience.

INTRODUCTION As an epidemiologist/researcher in a Department of Family Medicine, I have been privileged to work beside GPs for 25 years. In the research that I do on doctor–patient relationships, quality of care, clinical outcomes and integrated health services research, I have witnessed magical moments in clinical encounters of patients with GPs, witnessed the mystery of general practice, and ...

آموزش مهارت‌های ارتباطی پزشک، بیمار به دانشجویان پزشکی: سنجش آگاهی و رضایت دانشجویان

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