Beyond boredom: the effort to make a patient interesting
Marin, C.
Revue Medicale Suisse 5(190): 351-353
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 19264060 Document Number: 11166
The doctors' emotional reaction towards the patients has an impact on the doctor-patient relationship. This article focuses on a particular emotion, boredom which is evoked by certain patients. By means of a case vignette, this phenomenon is elucidated and confronted with the psycho-analytical concept of "pensée opératoire", and ways are identified to raise the interest in patients.
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