Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management Abstract: The physician-patient relationship plays a significant role in health care, having the potential to considerably affect the health of the patients involved. In Western societies, physicians have traditionally maintained virtually exclusive control over medical information and thus dominant positions in physician-patient interactions. H...

A senior community-based physician practicing in Rhode Island established a physician-patient relationship with a wealthy patient. Over the course of several years, the patient, who happened to be both his neighbor and insurance agent, lent $177,000 to this physician. These loans were documented as part of the medical record. As the patient’s health declined, the physician provided home care, a...

The effective delivery and continued advancement of health care is critically dependent on the relationship between physicians and industry. The private sector accounts for 60% of the funding for clinical research and more than 50% of the funding sources for physician education. The nature of the physician-industry relationship and the role of the physician as a gatekeeper for health care make ...

PURPOSE There is little research exploring the experiences of family physicians caring for women who use illicit drugs. This study explores the experiences of these physicians in order to better understand the process of engaging these women in the patient-physician relationship. METHODS We conducted a phenomenologic, qualitative study using individual, in-depth interviews with 10 family phys...

P hysician attire is a modifiable factor that has been demonstrated to influence the patient-physician relationship. However, patient-physician interactions in the intensive care unit (ICU) differ from other health care settings. Patients admitted to the ICU typically do not have a preexisting long-term relationship with their ICU physician, and therefore trust needs to be established over a sh...

BACKGROUND With online health information becoming increasingly popular among patients, concerns have been raised about the impact of patients' Internet health information-seeking behavior on their relationship with physicians. Therefore, it is pertinent to understand the influence of online health information on the patient-physician relationship. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to systematicall...

BACKGROUND The outcomes of procedures are often better when they are performed by more experienced physicians. We assessed whether the rate of complications after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) placement varied with the volume of procedures a physician performed. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 356 515 initial ICD implantations in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry-ICD Reg...