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[Assertive medicine: a proposal against defensive medicine].

Carlos Tena Tamayo1, Jorge Manuel Sánchez González

  • 1Comisión Nacional de Arbitraje Médico, México, DF. ctena@conamed.gob.mx

Ginecologia Y Obstetricia De Mexico
|April 6, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Physician-patient relationships suffer from defensive medicine. Assertive medicine, focusing on communication, continuous learning, and mutual rights, can restore humanistic medical practice.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Ethics
  • Clinical Communication
  • Healthcare Professionalism

Context:

  • The physician-patient relationship is strained by factors including liability concerns.
  • Defensive medicine, a response to these concerns, is deemed unethical and costly.
  • This practice increases the distance between physicians and patients.

Purpose:

  • To propose a framework for restoring the humanistic essence of medicine.
  • To offer a solution to the negative effects of defensive medicine on the physician-patient relationship.
  • To introduce the concept of assertive medicine as a professional practice model.

Summary:

  • Assertive medicine is proposed as a way to counteract defensive medicine.
  • It involves four key actions for physicians: effective communication, continuous professional development, respecting patient rights, and defending physicians' rights.

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  • This approach aims to rebuild trust and humanism in medical practice.

    • Impact:

    • Reinvigorating the physician-patient relationship through humanistic principles.
    • Reducing the negative consequences of defensive medicine in healthcare.
    • Promoting ethical and effective medical practice through assertive strategies.