Physician attitudes toward personal relationships with patients

• Published in: Medical care Vol. 48; no. 6; p. 547
• Main Authors: Regan, Susan, Ferris, Timothy G, Campbell, Eric G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2010
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Anesthesiology - organization & administration; Attitude of Health Personnel; Cardiology - statistics & numerical data; Clinical Competence; Family Practice - statistics & numerical data; Female; General Surgery - statistics & numerical data; Health Care Surveys; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Internal Medicine - statistics & numerical data; Male; Middle Aged; Pediatrics - statistics & numerical data; Physician's Role; Physician-Patient Relations; Physicians - statistics & numerical data; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Quality of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Surveys and Questionnaires; United States; United States

Maintenance of appropriate boundaries in the doctor-patient relationship is central to medical professionalism. Little is known about physician attitudes toward personal relationships with patients. To explore physician attitudes toward a range of personal relationships with patients and the connect...