Medical profession is associated with a high standard of moral obligation. Apart from technical knowledge and clinical acumen, the ability to maintain good interpersonal relationships is a sign of a good doctor. Uncontrolled arrogance and demeaning behavior to colleagues, juniors, staff and of course the patient’s is not an uncommon affair. The immense demands of the career place a lot of stress on the clinicians and often impoliteness unknowingly creeps into the practice.
Due to the role played by healthcare in individual’s life, persona of the doctor is portrayed conflictingly as a hero or villain irrespective of his professional knowledge. Shared Clinical Decisions The current addition of consumer protection aspect to healthcare has caused greater involvement of the patient in clinical decisions made. A doctor-patient interaction no longer focuses on the technical or biomedical…
