Posted by Roni on January 29, 1998 at 16:10:42:
In Reply to: First Topic posted by Joan on January 29, 1998 at 16:00:40:
: Using the four prototypes of patient/health care provider relationships, describe some real life examples of each. These examples can come from your own work experience or if you or someone in your family was a patient. What type of relationship did you or your family member have with the health care provider?
I think this far my family has had a Paternal relationship with our health care providers as far as control is concerned. Although we try to research what my advice fathers physician has to offer, my dad is a very loyal patient and thinks very highly of his cardiologist. He is the only one who can comfort my father when he is scared and my father has a lot o respect for hm.