The Doctor Who Cried: A Qualitative Study About the Doctor's Vulnerability
The Annals of Family MedicinePublished 1 July 2005Open access
Kirsti Malterud
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A spontaneous exposure of emotions from the doctor may help the patient, and sharing personal experiences may lead to constructive interaction in a qualitative study based on memory work, a structured approach to transform memories into written texts.
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A spontaneous exposure of emotions from the doctor may help the patient, and sharing personal experiences may lead to constructive interaction. We need to know more about when and how personal disclosure and other aspects of vulnerability exposed by the doctor are experienced as beneficial by the patient.
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