Doctor patient Relationship.

1. Doctor Patient Relationship
Omnia M. Korani
Intern at Kasr Ala-Aini Hospitals
Peer to peer program
Augest 2014

2. Our Agenda
What’s Dr Pt relationship?
 Why it’s important
It’s aspects
Examples

3. # what’s relationship ?
# humans
# smile

4. Is the CENTER of medical practice and is
essential for the delivery of high-quality
health care in the diagnosis and
treatment of disease.
Doctor–
patient relationship

5. Terms of relationship:
* Mutual respect, knowledge, trust,
*Shared values about disease and life.
‫والعفاريت‬ ‫اسراء‬
‫مدام‬R ‫قسم‬5
Win win game 
_ The more the patient knows the more I know
enhancing accuracy of diagnosis and improving pt outcome.
)blood transfusion)
(rifampicin side effect)
The quality of the patient-
physician relationship is
important to both parties.

6. * Patient is the center of the care
* A patient must have confidence in the
competence of their physician and must feel
that they can confide in him or her.
Radiology Vs Family
medicine

7. 1)Do no Harm
2) Do good
3) Informed consent
4) Shared decision making
5) Physician superiority
6) Formal or casual
7)Confidentiality
Aspects of relationship

8. Do no Harm

10. Do good

12. Informed consent

13. Verbal or written
Types of consent

15. Patient is given an opportunity to choose
among the treatment options according
to their own treatment goals and wishes.
Shared decision
making
‫ماما‬ ‫يا‬ ‫اقراص‬ ‫بيبلع‬ ‫بيعرف‬ ‫ابنك‬ ‫؟‬
‫؟‬ ‫تانى‬ ‫اطفال‬ ‫عايزة‬
‫؟‬ ‫وظيفتك‬ ‫تغير‬ ‫تقدر‬

16. The physician may be viewed as superior
to the patient, because the physician has
the knowledge and credentials, and is most
often the one that is on home ground.
‫انه‬ ‫يعنى‬ ‫ال‬ ‫هذا‬ ‫ولكن‬‫به‬ ‫مفعول‬/:
Physician superiority

17.  Patients share
with physicians the
responsibility for
their own health
care.
Equal Vs. Superior

18. Formal or casualFormal or casual
There may be differences in
opinion between the doctor and
patient in how formal or casual
the doctor-patient relationship
should be.
For instance, according to a Scottish study,
first name (223)
did not mind (175)
Only 77 disliked it (aged over 65).
On the other hand, most patients
don't want to call the doctor by
his or her first name.
pt name
1st name
pt
don't care

19. 1)Do no Harm
2) Do good
3) Informed consent
4) Shared decision making
5) Physician superiority
6) Formal or casual
7)Confidentiality
Aspects of relationship

20. ‫العمارة‬ ‫بواب‬..‫العمارة‬ ‫صاحب‬ ‫ابن‬ ‫والدكتور‬ ?
7)Confidentiality

21. Dr. Gregory House (of the show House) has a caustic, callous bedside
manner. However, this is an extension of his normal personality.
Examples in fiction

23. Take home message

24. Do it from the heart

25. Home work

26. Thank you 