Taking Aim Together: The Relationship Between Physician & Patient

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Special Feature The relationship between a physician and patient is, inevitably, as fragile and complicated as a cobweb. When problems in the body arise there is, in one corner, a doctor in a starched lab coat, bolstered by academic credentials and the medical community. In the other corner is the patient, naked beneath a paper gown, feeling vulnerable as he or she is poked, prodded and examined. When illness involves the brain, the dynamics between physician and patient become even more complex. A person's most private thoughts, beliefs, and . . .