title: [The patient's spokesman Trygve Braatöy].
abstract: Trygve Braatøy discovered the interplay between tense muscles, respiration and nervosity, which resulted in the now widely recognised psyhomotoric physiotherapy, the first cornerstone of his work. Braatøy was one of the first Norwegian physicians who focused on understanding the doctor-patient relationship. This became the second cornerstone of his work. His care and respect for his patients is indeed a leitmotif in his life and writings. After psychoanalytic training in Berlin and several years in private practice, he served as chief physician in the Department of Psychiatry at Ullevaal Hospital from 1946 to 1952, resigning that year from his post to write Pasienten og laegen (The Patient and the Physician), a protest against alienation in the doctor-patient relationship induced by prevailing attitudes in the hospital system.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Thaulow
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008910:Minnesota; D009664:Norway; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000266:history; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D011572:Psychoanalysis; D011597:Psychomotor Performance