title: The physician-patient relationship: three psychodynamic concepts that can be applied to primary care.
abstract: Psychodynamic concepts can be used to help understand and manage certain difficulties that arise within the physician-patient relationship. The concepts of transference, countertransference, and action (in the form of acting out and enactment) are discussed. A case description is included to show how these concepts apply to the day-to-day practice of primary care medicine. Arch Fam Med. 2000;9:1164-1168
authors: P E
authors: PE
authors: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D000184:Acting Out; D000368:Aged; D003379:Countertransference; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014167:Transference, Psychology