Truthfulness and Personal Disclosure in the Physician–Patient Relationship

  1. Abha Agrawal, MD
  1. From Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203.

    IN RESPONSE:

    I agree that physicians must be truthful to earn the trust of their patients, and that trust is the bedrock of a healthy physician–patient relationship. This is precisely the reason for my distress with the patient interaction I described.

    However, the issue of patient and physician perception in regard to sexual orientation is …

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