title: Dilemmas facing patients and providers in disablement.
abstract: When the relationships between patients and their providers are poor, rehabilitation will suffer. This paper explores four areas of such relationships: the factors influencing the decision to seek help, information and its communication, patient and provider expectation, and changing experience of disablement over time. On the basis of these areas it is possible to improve both the clinical and research approach to disability and to enlist more help from the social scientist.
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010358:Patient Participation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000523:psychology*; D013997:Time Factors