Relationship of a Physician’s Well-Being to Interactions with Patients: Practices of the Highest Performing Physicians on the Art of Medicine Patient Survey.
By Tom Janisse, MD

In a trusting relationship, physicians who, according to patient surveys, satisfy their patients best described that as doctors they are “part of the medicine” through several empathetic activities: respect, attention and presence, listening, connection, reassurance and support, touch, knowledge, explanation and education. This medicine has a powerful therapeutic treatment effect and is responsible for physicians’ sense of feeling valued, making an important contribution, making a difference, and creating personal and professional well-being.
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