PRIMARY CARE THERAPEUTICS VOL 1: WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IT IS NOT

PRIMARY CARE THERAPEUTICS VOL 1

THIS HAND BOOK GIVES ALL THE PRINCIPLES AND THE ACTIONS REQUIRED FROM GENERAL PRACTITIONERS TO INDUCE RECOVERY FROM ILLNESSES IN THEIR PATIENTS

12. PATIENT PHYSICIAN RELATIONSHIP

12.2. WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IT IS NOT

1) It is not friendship
2) It is not fellowship
3) It is not befriending
4) It is not a kinship
5) It is professional
6) It is fiduciary - based on trust and benefit for both
7) It is dyadic usually
8) It is built on a clinical foundation
9) No illness No disease No PPR
10) Mostly time limited except in chronic diseases
11) Built on repeated clinical interactions
12) Based on providion of personal care to most of the common health care needs of the client
13) Personal care and continuity care evolve into long term therapeutic relationships