[The patients' perception about their illness: a pilot study].
This preliminary study aims at inquiring the patients' perceptions about their own illness process. Therefore, 19 clinical inpatients from the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre interviewed. After a qualitative data analysis, it was observed that in a medical consultation there are, at least, two perspectives concerning the illness process. First, the physician's perspective, taking into account systems and organs structural and/or functional abnormalities (disease), and second, the patient's perspective, based on her or his perception of events that occur when getting sick (illness). In addition, the patient's perspective generally presents a preoccupation with the etiology of the disease. Keeping in mind these different viewpoints, it is crucial to establish the medical-patient dialog, aiming at reaching a better relationship between the patient and her/his physician.
Machado
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SC
Dep. de Psiquiat. e Med. Legal, Fac. de Med., Univ. Fed. do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS.
Ceitlin
L H
LH
Schneider
F M
FM
Soibelman
L R
LR
Piltcher
R
R
Alberti
V S
VS
Gus
G
G
Vasconcellos
M C
MC
Caleffi
L
L
Rocha
D B
DB
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D004194:Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Percepções do paciente a respeito de sua doença: estudo piloto.