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relationships with physicians  

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  • In fiction and nonfiction, the patient-physician relationship is depicted as a source of comfort, pain, friendship, shame, love, bad news, good news, fear, hope, disappointment, renewed life, and more. In these interactions, patients and families can help these interpersonal relationships go well, contributing to feeling in control of their health. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Relationships; Physicians, Relationships With]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/relationships_with_physicians

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