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Rhetorik ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-23
Author(s):  
Gerhard Danzer

Abstract Rhetoric in medicine refers to various acts and actors: the patients speech; the doctors speech; the resulting narratives - for instance the medical history; the patients biography; the narration of the doctor-patient relationship; the cultural history of doctor, patient and illness.

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
J.A Ebeigbe ◽  
C.A Oni

Background: The doctor-patient relationship is crucial to health care services including eye care. Telling the truth is an important aspect of this relationship in ensuring safe and effective treatment and management of patients.Method: A qualitative study using one - on- one in- depth interviews (IDIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs). Forty four respondents comprising 10 eye care practitioners (ECPs) and 34 patients were recruited. The ECPs were between 32 to 51 years while the patients were between 18 and 50 years old.Results: Common lies told were mainly about age, onset or duration of condition, medications used prior to their visit to the doctor's and level of compliance to doctor's prescription. Others were about health status, history of self-medication and social habits like smoking and/or drinking. Reasons for telling some of these lies included fear of early retirement, fear of being judged or stigmatized, lack of privacy during clerking and embarrassment from being caught in a previous lie.Conclusion: Untruths and manipulation of information can damage the relationship between doctor and patient because it leads to distrust and this can compromise eye care. Keywords: Truth, doctor- patient, relationship, diagnoses


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A735-A735
Author(s):  
C STREETS ◽  
J PETERS ◽  
D BRUCE ◽  
P TSAI ◽  
N BALAJI ◽  
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1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-413
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  

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