{"title":"The healing power of the doctor-patient relationship.","authors":"Ravichandra Karkal","doi":"10.20529/IJME.2024.051","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Humane and empathic care are quintessential to the medical profession. In this narrative, a psychiatrist reflects on a difficult patient encounter which highlights the influence of trauma on a patient with psychosis and how the doctor-patient relationship is paramount in the treatment of any illness.</p>","PeriodicalId":517372,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of medical ethics","volume":" ","pages":"323-324"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Indian journal of medical ethics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2024.051","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/8/14 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Humane and empathic care are quintessential to the medical profession. In this narrative, a psychiatrist reflects on a difficult patient encounter which highlights the influence of trauma on a patient with psychosis and how the doctor-patient relationship is paramount in the treatment of any illness.