scholarly journals The Doctor–Patient Relationship: Does Christianity Make a Difference?

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
James J Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Clinical Encounter ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Moral Tradition ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Christian Understanding ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Perinatal Hospice

Abstract The nature of the doctor–patient relationship is central to the practice of medicine and thus to bioethics. The American Medical Association (in AMA principles of medical ethics, available at: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethics/patient-physician-relationships, 2016) states, “The practice of medicine, and its embodiment in the clinical encounter between a patient and a physician, is fundamentally a moral activity that arises from the imperative to care for patients and to alleviate suffering.” In this issue of Christian Bioethics, leading scholars consider what relevance (if any) Christianity brings to the relationship between physician and patient: does Christianity make a difference? The contributors consider this question from several different perspectives: the proper model of medicine, the role that the Christian moral tradition can play in medicine in a secular pluralistic society, how a Christian understanding of virtue can inform practices such as perinatal hospice and physician-assisted suicide, and whether or not appeals to Christian values can (or should) ground a physician’s right to conscientious objection.

The Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Practice of Medicine

1975 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 183-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfram Schüffel
Keyword(s):  
Medical Practice ◽  
Case History ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Primary Physician ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Complete Neglect ◽  
Diagnosis Therapy ◽  
The Relationship

The patient-doctor relationship is based on the principles of interaction, collecting data and integration of both interaction and data into an overall diagnosis/therapy. Patients with functional abdominal disorders are seen as representatives of today's general patients and a study of their management in present medical practice is reported, as revealed through literature. The literature reveals an almost complete neglect of interactional and integrational principles. This holds true even for psychosomatically oriented literature, which offers some crude clinical guidelines at best. Thus the primary physician gets little support from psychosomatic medicine in understanding the full meaning of the doctor-patient relationship. The clinical implications of the relationship are demonstrated through a short case history and implications for future training are described which are based on the primary physician's actual working experiences.

scholarly journals Physicians, Assisted Suicide, and Christian Virtues

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-68
Author(s):  
Philip A Reed
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Goals Of Medicine ◽  
Assist Suicide

Abstract The debate about physician-assisted suicide has long been entwined with the nature of the doctor–patient relationship. Opponents of physician-assisted suicide insist that the traditional goals of medicine do not and should not include intentionally bringing about or hastening a patient’s death, whereas proponents of physician-assisted suicide argue that this practice is an appropriate tool for doctors to relieve a patient’s suffering. In this article, I discuss these issues in light of the relevance of a Christian account of the doctor–patient relationship. I argue that Christians typically object to assist suicide independently of the doctor–patient relationship. I argue that a focus on the Christian virtues of charity, compassion, and humility helps to explain why doctors should not assist their patients in suicide.

Bioethics

2019 ◽  
pp. 123-149
Author(s):  
Hilde Lindemann
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Healthcare Resources ◽  
Definition Of

The chapter begins with a definition of bioethics and explains why it is so important. This is followed by an overview of the standard, nonfeminist ways of doing bioethics and why they are unsatisfactory from a feminist point of view. Feminist analyses of four topics in bioethics are offered that demonstrate the usefulness of a feminist approach to bioethics: the doctor-patient relationship, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, and allocation of healthcare resources.

scholarly journals Hubungan Dokter Pasien sesuai Harapan Konsil Kedokteran Indonesia Tinjauan pada Profesi Dokter

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Andy Yok Siswosaputro ◽  
Dahlia Herawati
Keyword(s):  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Law And Ethics ◽  
User Communities ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
Patient Will ◽  
The Relationship

Latar Belakang. Pelayanan medis oleh dokter mupun dokter gigiberpedoman pada Undang-Undang dan etika yang pada hakekatnya untuk melindungi masyarakat. Konsil Kedokteran Indonesia (KKI) bertugas menjaga kualitas pelayanan medis sebagai upaya perlindungan kepada masyarakat penggunya, dalam pelaksanaan Undang-Undang no 29 tahun 2004 tentang Praktek Kedokteran. Fungsi pengawasan KKI meliputi pembinaan terhadap penyelenggaraan praktek kedokteran, terutama dalam rangka mempertahankan profesionalisme dan peningkatan mutu pelayanan medis. Selain itu KKI juga mensosialisasikan hal-hal yang berhubungan dengan dokter dan pelayanan kesehatan pada masyarakat luas. Tujuan penulisan ini adalah agar dokter-dokter gigi dapat memahami dan melaksanakan tindakan kedokteran sesuai harapan KKI dalam rangka membina hubungan dokter dengan pasie. Tinjauan Pustaka. Hubungan yang baik antara dokter dan pasien akan berjalan baik jika dokter memahami pada 1. Esensi hubungan dokter-pasien; 2. Aspek hukum hubungan dokter-pasien; 3. Kesetaraan dalam hubungan dokter-pasien; 4. Persetujuan tindakan kedokteran. Kesimpulan. Dokter dituntut bersikap bijaksana, memperlakukan pasien penuh tanggung jawab secara etika maupun keilmuan. Background. Medical services by a physician or dentist referring to the Law and ethics in truth to protect society. Konsil Kedokteran Indonesia (KKI) working preserve the quality of medical services in an attempt to cover user communities, in the implementation of Law No 29 of 2004 on the Practice of Medicine. KKI oversight functions include the construction of maintenance medical practice, especially in order to maintain proessionalism and improving the quality of medical services. Additionally KKI also socialize matters relating to doctors and health services in the community. The purpose of this paper is that doctors/dentists can understand and implement the medical actions appropiate expectations KKI in order to foster the relationship between doctor and patient. Review of Literature. Good relationship between doctor and patient will work well if the doctor understands the 1. Essence of the doctor-patient relationship; 2. Legal aspects of the doctor-patient relationship; 3. Equality in the doctor-patient relationship; 4. Medical consent. Conclusion. Physicians are required to be wise, treat patients with ethically responsible and science.

scholarly journals Perceived Proximity and Distance in the Doctors-Patients Relationships : Application to the Breast Cancer Treatment Case

K@iros ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick RALET ◽  
◽  
Pascal BRASSIER ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Treatment ◽  
Breast Cancer Treatment ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Treatment Pathway ◽  
The Relationship

An obvious questioning of the doctor-patient relationship leads us to conduct a research on the point of view of patients who have had to follow a breast cancer treatment pathway. We want to know to what extent the notions of distance/proximity make it possible to explain the doctors-patients relationships, and on what realities it is based. It appears that the answer is complex, multifaceted, and rather poses the question of the dimensions of the relationship alongside the medical protocol.

scholarly journals Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Review from Islamic Point of View

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousuf RM ◽  
Mohammed Fauzi AR
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Health Care Delivery System ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Medical Community ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Dying Patients ◽  
Practice Of Medicine ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Lay Public

Due to globalizing trend of homogenisation of culture, changes in the health care delivery system and market economics infringing on the practice of medicine, there has been a gradual shift in the attitude of the medical community as well as the lay public towards greater acceptance of euthanasia as an option for terminally ill and dying patients. Physicians in developing countries come across situations where such issues are raised with increasing frequency. As the subject has gained worldwide prominence, we want to review this topic from Islamic perspective due to its significance in medical ethics and clinical practice.

19. Medical Assistance in Dying

2019 ◽  
pp. 615-665
Author(s):  
G. T. Laurie ◽  
S. H. E. Harmon ◽  
E. S. Dove
Keyword(s):  
Medical Treatment ◽  
Assisted Suicide ◽  
Double Effect ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Assisted Dying ◽  
Physician Assisted Suicide ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Philosophical Concept ◽  
Medical Assistance In Dying ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter discusses ethical and legal aspects of euthanasia and assisted dying. It first examines the non-voluntary termination of life, covering the relationship between medical treatment and assistance in dying as a matter of failure to treat, and the philosophical concept of ‘double effect’. The chapter then discusses activity and passivity in assisted dying; dying as an expression of patient autonomy; suicide and assisted suicide; physician-assisted suicide; and assisted dying in practice.

Reflection Over Doctor Patient Relationship: A Promise of Trust

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Prasad ◽  
C Dhingra ◽  
R Anand
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Social Setting ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Care Delivery Model ◽  
Provision Of Care ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Unique Relationship

ABSTRACT The doctor patient relationship is of primary importance in the overall health care delivery model. It is a unique relationship which depends on trust and confidence between the parties for the provision of care. Establishing a doctor/patient relationship may take place formally in the office setting or informally, such as by giving verbal advice in a social setting. Doctors enter into a doctor-patient relationship with a commitment to provide their patients with quality service. Patients are entitled to be treated with respect and without discrimination during all stages of the doctor patient relationship, even if the relationship faces termination. However, when circumstances affect the doctors ability to achieve this, the doctors may decide to end the doctors patient relationship.

Beyond Medicine: Healing Power in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucille Hollander Blum
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
Equal Importance ◽  
Healing Power ◽  
Physical Health Care ◽  
The Relationship

Healing power in the doctor-patient relationship is addressed to physicians in physical health care and to medical students but is of equal importance to dentists, social workers, nurses, and teachers in the field of physical health care. The presentation points up that in the relationship between physician and patient certain phenomena occur that are comparable to responses in the relationship between the psychoanalyst and analysand, such as transference and countertransference. This indicates that the physician in physical health care in effect is involved in some kind of psychotherapy. Aspects of the art of medicine are described. Emphasis is on the potential for patients' physical health improvement—placebo effect—when the providers' perception extends beyond focus on physical symptoms and disorders and includes attention to the patients' psychological and emotional needs.

scholarly journals The doctor-patient relationship

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
Maria Vargiami ◽  
Maria Goula
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Human Relation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Doctor Patient Relationship ◽  
New Era ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Online Sources

The relationship between the doctor and the patient is a particular type of human relation. On one hand, the word «patient» states that a person is at a disadvantage, because of his/her illness, and therefore is automatically at a disadvantageous position compared to the doctor. On the other hand, the patient has the opportunity to inform him/herself from online sources, to communicate with other patients, to participate as equal and to choose consciously his/her treatment plan.There are many different types of patients depending on their personality and interaction with their doctor. These types constituted a research field in the 80’s which lead to the analysis of patients’ psychology. After an historical flashback, patients are put in categories according to their reaction to their illness. In addition, the verbal way of approaching patients by their doctor, the patients’ expectations and their encouragement by professionals to participate more actively concerning their health care is underlined. As a result, this is the beginning of a new era, where the patient has requirements concerning both the medical and the human aspect of the doctor-patient relationship.

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