Patient-initiated additional concerns in general surgery visits

Studies of physician-patient interaction in acute primary care clinic visits have described patients as having “restricted rights” to participate in their care, holding the interactional floor only during the initial problem presentation phase of the visit and subsequently deferring to physicians to lead them through the remainder (and majority) of the visit [1–4]. Raising any concern is an imposing ac tion [5,6], in that it not only contradicts the default “one visit, one problem” orientation [4,7–11], but also requires physicians to stop the activity-at-hand and deal with a new issue.

Source: Patient Education and Counseling - August 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Anne E.C. White Source Type: research