Patient Hope

Exploring the Interactions between Physicians and HIV Seropositive Individuals

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18961102
AutoresGina Wong-Wylie (Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta), Gina Wong‐Wylie (autor de correspondencia), Ronna F Jevne (Counselling Psychology Division of the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta)
Año1997
Volumen7
Número1
Páginas32-56
Fecha de publicación1997-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/104973239700700103
OpenAlexW2063840300
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas27

This study investigated interactions between physicians and HIV seropositive persons that enhance or diminish patient hope. Twenty-two critical incident accounts and interview transcripts were obtained from 6 HIV seropositive and 2 AIDS-diagnosed individuals. The data were analyzed for components within patient/doctor interactions that influence patient hope, whereby either hope-enhancing (hope-full) or hope-diminishing (hopeless) interactions were identified. A central theme emerged in which the valence of the patients' perceived relationship with the doctor was salient to the hope-potential of each interaction. Five critical requirements contributing to a hope-full versus a hope-less interaction were identified. Categories consisted of paired factors at opposing valences: (a) being known as human/being known as a case, (b) connecting/disconnecting, (c) descriptive/prescriptive, (d) welcoming/dismissing, and (e) informing/poorly informing. This study gives rise to the need for further investigation into the patient/doctor relationship as it pertains to patient hope

Family medicine · MEDLINE · Patient-centered care · Qualitative research · Sociology · Empathy and Medical Education · Medicine · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology