Physician-patient boundaries in palliative care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurturing effective physician-patient relationships is essential to the provision of patient-centred care. Palliative care physicians may apply boundary-crossings or breaches in professional standards to nurture effective physician-patient relationships. Being highly individualized and shaped by the physician's narratives, clinical experience, and contextual considerations, boundary-crossings are susceptible to ethical and professional violations. To better appreciate this concept, we employ the Ring Theory of Personhood (RToP) to map the effects of boundary-crossings on the physician's belief systems.

Methods

As part of the Tool Design SEBA methodology, a Systematic Evidence-Based Approach (SEBA) guided systematic scoping review was employed to guide the design o

SUBMITTER: Ho CY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099695 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature