title: Why healing relationships matter in primary care practice.
abstract: Defining a language of relationships in clinical practices challenges health care to determine the role of such relationships in achieving patient safety.
authors.forename: Ronald M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States