Informative Model Of The Physician-Patient Relationship

The physician-patient relationship implicates the patient needs on the physician professional authority. Many patients may feel more connected to their physician if a greater intimate relationship is developed between the two and the patient is given full information about his personal health. Interpreting patient needs, four models of doctor-patient relationships are thus created: paternalistic, informative, interpretive, and deliberative. The paternalistic model engages patient reliance on the physician’s professional authority. In this model, the physician-patient relation ensure that the patient obtains the necessary cares that best promote his health and well-being. During consultation, the physician offers to the patient with selected …show more content…
Moses A. Mathis. Dr. Moe a more deliberative approach. “Moe had never tried to force patients to have surgery, and absolutely not, just to make a buck” (Stucki 104). The deliberative model intent aims the physician to help the patient decide and select the best health associated values that can be realized in a clinical situation. The physician goal is intended only at moral advice avoiding intimidation and pressure at the patient’s right of medical treatment preference. Moe, although unaware of the real medical issue due to Diane’s manipulation of the sample tissue, provides the best moral informative dialogue to Howard Swensen and Mr. Calley. For Mr. Swensen, Dr. Moe gives full intimate details of his presumed condition and applies the deliberative model as to fully inform of his prostate cancer offering the choice to follow the required treatments needed to cure Swensen’s illness. Dr. Moe has a “backhander” type of discussion with his patient needs desires, knowledge information not considering his role of deliberative role model of …show more content…
The autonomy principle purely indicates that a competent compos-mentis patient can refuse or accept treatments per his/her desires. Dr. Moe provided this necessity to his patients as he individually proposed the solutions following the patient’s free and rational decision. It can be said that Moe acted in the best interest of the Patient. However, all medical practitioners must attempt to improve their patient’s health. The principle of Beneficence ensues the physician to follow all the vital needs of the patient in his best interest while avoiding doing any harm over his presented condition. Dr. Moe, methodical and deliberative as he tries to perform in his domain, has deserted the notion of not doing harm for the patient. His unawareness of the real situation created a reaction that concluded with Mr. Swensen death. Thus, Dr. Moe did not provide the best interest for Mr. Swensen as his inaptitude to recognise the delusional conspiracies against him form his coworkers which lead to involuntarily provoked an infection on Mr. Calley and the death of Mr.