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RESPOND TO THE PEERS BELOW GIVEN QUALITY EXPLANATION IN ONE PARAGRAPH
Heather post
When it comes to a positive patient-physician relationship trust, knowledge, communication loyalty and being vulnerable. The relationship has been defined as, “A consensual relationship in which the patient knowingly seeks the physician’s assistance and in which the physician knowingly accepts the person as a patient.” (Chipidza et al., 2015). The doctor should have knowledge on their patient and the same for the patient, they should have knowledge on the doctor they choose to see. There should be trust between the patient and the doctor while maintaining doctor patient confidentiality. Patients should feel like they can communicate their needs and wants to receive the best form of treatment. When a patient feels safe and comfortable with the physician, they are more honest and open when discuss their concerns and trusts that their physician has their best interest at heart.
When doctors have to many patients its difficult for them to sometimes give their full attention to the patient they are seeing. When the relationship between patient and doctor has poor communication, this led to misunderstandings, mistakes, lack of listening to each other, disrespect or dismissive, unreliable, incompetence and being impatient by rushing through appointments without addressing all concerns.
I believe that communication is important because to have positive relationship you must be able to communicate and be open with each other. If you cannot communicate, how can you trust the doctor and vice versa, to work together and be comfortable with each other. The second important one to me is confidentiality, by being vulnerable with the doctor you are trusting that they will maintain the doctor patient confidentiality agreement. If this is maintained the stronger and more trust the relationship has between each other.
When I moved from Maine to New Hampshire I had to switch therapist and my therapist and I had a very positive relationship, I could trust her, she understood me, great communication, just the perfect fit for me. I could just feel it. The first therapist I tried was a male here and it did not last for more than three months because I just felt like I was not being heard, felt very uncomfortable with discussing certain things with him and I felt like he could not relate to what I was going through which made me cancel appointments and end up just asking for a different person, a female. I ended up getting matched with someone that I could really connect with and felt like I was being heard. That I was able to open like my last therapist and be honest and have even started to call when I have an emergency and need a quick session. While it is still a new relationship with each meeting our relationship seems to be going in a positive direction.
Anita post
Trust involves the patient’s faith in the doctor’s competence and caring, as well as the doctor’s trust in the patient and their beliefs and reports of symptoms (Chipidza, F. E., Wallwork, R. S., & Stern, T. A., 2015). It's a mutual respect and responsibility between the doctor and patient. However, it's also about the doctor's empathy, their ability to understand and share the patient's feelings. This empathy is crucial in how the doctor approaches the patient, reassuring them and making them feel understood. Being a doctor is not easy, primarily due to the diversity of patients and their varying mental states when they come for an appointment. In my personal experience, I have been blessed with great doctors, especially one who operated on my hernia. I was in the emergency room for the fourth time ever in my life, so you can understand how nervous and sick I was.  When he came to check on me, he noticed that I was crying because the previous doctor told me that they were keeping me and might have an emergency operation. That didn't sit well, so I started to cry. However, the surgeon was kind; he touched my forehead and took my hand to comfort me, assuring me that everything would be all right. His caring nature was so evident that I felt at peace. After the operation, he had to do his regular visits to check on my recovery and how I was healing from the operation, and he was even nicer. I noticed that he took his job with love, understanding, and care.