1. Articluate the value of postive relationships. Understand the power of intimte relationships.

2. Identify relationships and relationship factors that are important to him/her.

3. Understand the health benefits of meaningful relationships.

4. Recognize the difference between scientific and an interpersonal ways of knowing. Recognize how social structures and social practices influence relationships.

5. Analyze the role of culture and power in mediating relationship quality, including that of the health care professional and patient.

6. Understand how language provides the framework for the acquisition of new knowledge.

7. Recognize how scientific language objectifies relationships.

8. Apply the concept of ‘witnessing' to the healer's role reflect on the difference between engagement and detachment.

9. Recognize the infrastructural nature of hierarchy.

10. Define transference/ countertransference. Define the limits of self-disclosure in professional behavior.

11. Articulate differences between the nurse's and physician's role.

12. Encounter examples of functional and dysfunctional relationships between health care professionals and patients.

13. Articulate fundamental components of a successful doctor-patient (or nurse-patient) relationship.



Here are some clips representing Dr. Anders as a generic overweight or obese patient, illustrating many of the phrases and attitudes with which individuals express their unsuccessful battle against weight loss.

What is a balanced diet?

A dieting experience

Getting exercise

Many attempts

 

Study questions

  1. List some of the common experiences of patients attempting weight loss.
  2. Research weight loss diets and their relative efficacy.