More than being a doctor The physician as a deliberate friend to his patients

I personally believe that the Deliberate Model of Physician-Patient relationship is the best model among the three models because it manifests the closest kind of bond that can occur between the physician and a patient.

Leaving no room for coercion and advising the patient on what he thinks he should do, the physician only offers his technical expertise and do not impose it to his patients. In that case, the patients are still implicitly encouraged to ask questions and not helplessly submit to whatever the physician is talking about.

The patient can open up a dialogue with the physician to make the process clearer. When confused, he can openly ask him questions. When uneasy about the doctors statements, the patient can seek for clarifications. If that becomes the case, the physician acts as a teacher or friend, someone who nurtures a more intimate bond with the patient. He can listen more personally to his sentiments and will appear more approachable to the patient. This is in contrast to the usual relationship that exists between a physician and a patient. That is, the physician seems to be the undisputable god of the medical world as he is supposed to know a great deal of information about diseases and their cures. In this scenario, as in the Informative Model, the patient often serves as the submissive recipient of the jargons that are being spewed by the physician, unless it does something to make its discourse more accessible for him.

There lies the strength of the Deliberate Model -- it destroys the latent hierarchy existing between the physician and his patients and links them closer to one another to make the process of medication easier for both parties.

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