Second Xiangya Hospital, Doctor-patient Communication Research

Good effect of medical treatment must be predicated on harmonious doctor-patient relationships. With the development of medical sciences and reforms, both the material and spiritual life is increasing, China has become better. Doctor-patient relationships, however, confront new challenges.The major obstacle of communication in the relationships has become a serious social problem and a medical ethics issue. The thesis adopts the theoretical achievements in the area, analyses the current situation of doctor-patient relationships and reasons for obstacles in doctor-patient communication and discusses how to remove the obstacles and build harmonious doctor-patient relationships. This process can be seen in the following five parts.