title: Doctor-patient relationship: the importance of the patient's perceptions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Dr. G. V. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai - 400 026, India. shunil@vsnl.com
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pandya
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010358:Patient Participation; D028701:Patient Rights; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012938:Social Perception; D016312:Treatment Refusal