PubMed · 2007 · 18 citations · 5 references
Social SciencesSocial PsychologyHealth CommunicationSelfTherapeutic CommunicationCommunication With PatientsHealthcare CommunicationPatient ConfidentialityPatient-provider CommunicationPatient-provider RelationshipsPhysician-patient RelationshipMedical EncountersPatient Information DisclosureSelf-disclosureSelf-disclosure Skills
Should you reveal personal aspects of your life to patients? In some cases, self-disclosure can be helpful; in others, it can certainly be counterproductive. How are you to judge? You must bear in mind that when patients go to a doctor, they are first going to the profession, the institution, the
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What should physicians tell about themselves to patients?
Lucy M. Candib · PubMed · 2001 · 15 citations