Trust, medical expertise and humaneness: A qualitative study on people with cancer' satisfaction with medical care.
Susanne BlödtJacqueline Müller-NordhornGeorg SeifertChristine HolmbergPublished in: Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy (2021)
It was the ability to make oneself known to and know the patient in particular ways that allowed for satisfying care experiences by establishing interpersonal trust. This suggests the importance of conceptualizing the doctor-patient relationship as a fundamentally reciprocal human interaction of caregiving and care-receiving. At the core of the satisfying care experiences lies a doctor-patient relationship with a profoundly humane quality.