Taking care of the hateful patient.
N Engl J Med. 1978 Apr 20;298(16):883-7. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197804202981605.
N Engl J Med. 1978.
PMID: 634331
"Hateful patients" are not those with whom the physician has an occasional personality clash. As defined here they are those whom most physicians dread. The insatiable dependence of "hateful patients" leads to behaviors that group them into four stereotypes: depende …
"Hateful patients" are not those with whom the physician has an occasional personality clash. As defined here they are those whom mos …