Doctor-patient relationship is a special relationship between people in special circumstances during a special peri -od, which is directly related to the harmony and stability of society as well as people's quality of life.Values are the fundamental views of people, including the understanding of the nature , composition and standards of values .Doctors and patients are consistent in goals , interests and ideals , having the same objectives to overcome diseases , promote health , and prolong lives .They are essentially unified in values.However, there are some inharmonious phenomena in the relationship between doctors and patients .Efforts should be made to improve the present doctor-patient relationship by the whole society besides doctors and patients , aiming to establish a harmonious doctor-patient relationship of mutual respect , mutual trust , mutual tolerance and mutual cooperation on the basis of common values .