How to Improve Doctor-Patient Connection: Using Psychology to Optimize Healthcare Interactions

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By Christine Ko ’95

Published May 17, 2021

Writing from the perspective of a physician, Ko considers the doctor-patient relationship. A mother of two children, one of whom is deaf, Ko makes a psychology-based argument about the importance of patients and doctors forming meaningful relationships as a way of improving overall healthcare outcomes.

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