title: [Patient - doctor relationship from perspective of the Karpman drama triangle].
abstract: Patients' confidence in doctors has been decreased for last years despite successes of Polish medicine. It seems to be related to particular conditions of patient - doctor relationship and patient's negative emotions may frequently burden it from the beginning. They may allow an interpersonal game, the Drama Triangle, to appear in the relationship. 3 persons are typically involved in the game: a victim, a persecutor and a rescuer. All of them neither feel guilty about the situation nor their activities are aimed at solving the crucial problem. It maintains continuation of the game. Both patient and doctor are capable to attend the game as any of the person mentioned above. Authors of the article think frameworks of organization of the health care system should permit doctors not only to tackle main disease but also to devote time individually tailored to patient's emotional problems.
authors.affiliation: Medical University of Lodz, Poland: 1Department of Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine, Chair of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samborska-Sablik
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Chair of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sablik
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011044:Poland; D013315:Stress, Psychological
keywords: interpersonal games; negative emotions; patient – doctor relationship; stress