Discussion of the gap between doctors and patients in their understanding of diseases
- VernacularTitle:谈医生和患者对疾病认识上的某些差距
- Author:
Quanying HE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Disease;
Understanding;
Gap
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
1998;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Differences between doctors and patients in their possession of medical knowledge, surroundings and positions naturally lead to a gap in their understanding of diseases. Firstly, doctors and patients do not share an equal amount of medical knowledge and, moreover, patients do not attach much weight to the prevention of diseases. Secondly, current medical technologies are still unable to reveal the nature and laws of all the diseases confronting mankind, and yet many patients are unaware of the fact. Thirdly, many medical procedures run certain risks that ought to be assumed by both doctors and patients. Fourthly, due to the complexity, variousness and individual differences of the human body, there may be differences in the prognosis of disease and also there is usually a process before a disease can turn for the better. And yet patients often find it hard to see the point. Hence the gap between doctors and patients in their understanding of diseases.
