Exploring the Face-to-Face: Revisiting Patient-Doctor Relationships in a Time of Expanding Telemedicine

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine: JABFM

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Jennifer Y. C. Edgoose¹ 

[1] From the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin;and University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

关键词: COVID-19;    Pandemics;    Physician-Patient Relations;    Telemedicine;   

DOI  :  10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200398

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: The American Board of Family Medicine

【 摘 要 】

The patient-doctor relationship lies at the heart of medicine. Confronted with the challenges of COVID-19, we find ourselves unable to provide care and comfort in the same physical space as our patients. As we are forced to reckon with telemedicine visits and contemplate continuing them in a postpandemic future, it is important to understand the difference relationally between telemedicine and face-to-face encounters. I will argue that face-to-face visits remain essential in establishing the most fundamentally human components of relationships: responsibility and vulnerability. This established bond assures fidelity in subsequent encounters, whether by phone, video, or in person.

【 授权许可】

CC BY