Patient-physician communication and interaction: a unifying approach to the difficult patient.
Many difficult patients encountered by the primary care physician may be understood in terms of severe unmet dependency needs. These patients often evoke negative feelings on the part of physicians. A mutual participation approach to the patient-physician relationship is a means of providing effective care for these patients, at the same time preventing frustration and burnout in the physician by preserving his energies.
D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety; D001288:Attention; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005639:Frustration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods; D012803:Sick Role