AETCOM 1.3 - Doctor Patient Relationship

1. The doctor-patient relationship
AETCOM 1.3
Dr. M. Anbarasi, MD

2. Competencies of AETCOM 1.3
• Enumerate and describe professional qualities
and roles of a physician (KH)
• Demonstrate empathy in patient encounters
(SH)

3. Outline of this session
• Large group session
• Self-directed learning
• Group interaction
• Closure

4. Professional qualities of a doctor
Why should we know
the doctor-patient relationship?

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Reverence for human life and individual
dignity is both the hallmark of a good
physician and the key to truly beneficial
advances in medicine

7. Doctor-patient relationship goals
• Attitude
• Benevolent
• Communication, competency and continued
learning
• Evidence-based practice
• Ethics
• Family physician

8. Doctor-patient relationship goals
• We must know and accept our limitations
• Refer patients on time, not late
• Communicate with the patients and their families effectively
• Do what is required for the patient at the moment without
commenting on the past or on other’s treatment
• Consider patient views on the treatment
• Don’t react impulsively
• Be patient with your patients
• Do your job to satisfy your conscience
• Be united and connected in critical times
• Keep updated about your subject

9. Doctor-patient relationship goals
• Treatment = Medical care + Moral solace + Emotional advice
• The patient must acknowledge the act of the doctors
good-will in attaining recovery in patients’ health
• The doctor should win the patients confidence within the
spheres of laws of ethics
• The physician must disclose the necessary information
regarding the patient’s condition, at the same time maintain
the privacy

10. Rights of a patient
• Right to information
• Right to records and reports
• Right to emergency medical care
• Right to informed consent
• Right to confidentiality, privacy and dignity
• Right to second opinion
• Right to transparency in rates
Article 42, Constitution of India, 1950; Entry 6, List II, Schedule VII, Constitution of India, 1950

11. Rights of a patient
• Right to non-discrimination
• Right to safety and quality care according to standards
• Right to choose alternative treatment options if available
• Right to choose source for obtaining medicines and tests
• Right to proper referral and transfer, which is free from
perverse commercial influence
• Right to protection for patients involved in clinical trials
Article 42, Constitution of India, 1950; Entry 6, List II, Schedule VII, Constitution of India, 1950

12. Rights of a patient
• Right to protection of participants involved in
biomedical and health research
• Right to take discharge of patient, or body of
deceased from the hospital
• Right to patient education
• Right to be heard and seek redressal
Article 42, Constitution of India, 1950; Entry 6, List II, Schedule VII, Constitution of India, 1950

13. TYPES
Physician control
LOW
Physician control
HIGH
Patient control
LOW
DEFAULT PATERNALISM
Patient control
HIGH CONSUMERISM MUTUALITY

14. THANK YOU 