The use of benevolent power in patient care and education.
The use of benevolent power as a preferred patient-care strategy is discussed in relation to its maladaptive opposite--manipulation. Methods of enhancing the therapeutic value of patient care are discussed, as is the use of benevolent power in the educational setting.
University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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D004645:Empathy; D006801:Humans; D008257:Machiavellianism; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000592:standards*