Nephrologists often encounter patients who require care for the duration of their lives and thus long term doctor-patient relationships develop.
The medical care, for instance, was so bad that the civilian staff of one of the cell blocks tried to take action against the indifference of the long-term doctors, one of whom was responsible for a prisoner's death.
And finally, better long-term doctor-patient relationships might reduce the number of malpractice lawsuits.
He declined to confirm that his long-term doctor, Michele Ferrari, was complicit and said he was a good person.
That may be because Americans face higher out-of-pocket costs than citizens elsewhere, are less apt to have a long-term doctor, less able to see a doctor on the same day when sick, and less apt to get their questions answered or receive clear instructions from a doctor.
Or a model especially suitable for a long-term doctor patient relationship, a chronic disease or something like that.
Perceptions regarding a family physician's job changed positively with regard to the possibility of long-term doctor-patient relationships and treatment of complex disease patterns.
Continuity of care has traditionally been regarded as a core quality of general practice, but the long-term doctor-patient relationship has been put under pressure.
We found positive changes in the perceptions regarding the possibility of having long-term doctor-patient relationships and of treating complex disease patterns when working as a family physician.
The students' perceptions regarding a family physician's work changed significantly for the aspects "possibility of long-term doctor-patient relationships", the "treatment of complex disease patterns" and "estimated working time per week" (see Table 3 for details).
The statements to be assessed were based on previous studies on the consideration of a career in family practice and refer to working time, workload, work-life-balance, varied scope of practice, opportunity to have long-term doctor-patient relationships and to treat complex disease patterns [ 11, 12, 16, 19, 22- 24].
