title: Doctor effectiveness: Transactional analysis as a means of assisting movement towards a holistic approach to medicine.
abstract: Transactional analysis (TA) is offered as one solution to the problems faced by doctors attempting to move away from the traditional Cartesian approach towards the holistic approach to medical practice. It can help to increase the doctor's understanding of, and insight into, the emotional and interactional components of his patients' problems.
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014152:Transactional Analysis