Article: The Healing Bond: The Patient-Practitioner Relationship and Therapeutic Responsibility.

The Healing Bond explores the nature of the relationship between healer and patient in a variety of settings, with the emphasis on the issue of therapeutic responsibility The contributors - healthcare professionals and social scientists - investigate how responsibility is distributed between healer and patient. Can it be shared among more than one practioner? What is the role of professional organizations in defining and safeguarding the relationship? Is the bond between the healer and practitioner a dynamic aspect of the healing process itself? If the bond changes over time, what wider social forces influence it?

These questions are investigated from a variety of ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!