title: The dental referral process. New insights.
abstract: Doctor-patient, doctor-doctor dental relationships are discussed. The dental referral process is a triad of patient, general practitioner and specialist and, in many ways, is dependent upon Freud's concept of transference-countertransference. The unconscious distortions of this process may affect the patient's treatment, as well as interpersonal and intraprofessional relationships.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D005260:Female; D005792:General Practice, Dental; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration; D012380:Role; D013039:Specialties, Dental; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology