Doctor–patient relationship in the digital age

is it possible to ensure empathy?

Authors

  • Virgínia Barbeitos Cruz Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) Autor
  • Tiago Batista Oliveira Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) Autor
  • Arthur Monteiro Salles Universidade Iguaçu (UNIG), Universidades São Judas Tadeu (USJT) Autor
  • Nilzio Antônio da Silva Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) Autor
  • Marcelo Rabahi Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) Autor

Keywords:

DOCTOR–PATIENT RELATIONSHIP, EMPATHY, HUMANIZED MEDICINE, TELEMEDICINE

Abstract

Doctors have been experiencing the need to adapt their daily practice to the new information and communication technologies, not yet fully assimilated by both professionals and patients, currently intensified by the new coronavirus pandemic. Amid the search for the conciliation between humanized assistance, agility, and quality of health services, the skepticism of these professionals in relation to the pressing and unquestionable reality still seems to prevail. A wide discussion is required, not only about the technical aspect of this tool, but also about the ethical and humanistic issues involved in the doctor–patient relationship in the digital age.

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Published

2020-10-01

Issue

No. 58 (2020): Revista Goiana de Medicina

Section

Original Article

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How to Cite

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Cruz VB, Oliveira TB, Salles AM, Silva NA da, Rabahi M. Doctor–patient relationship in the digital age: is it possible to ensure empathy?. Rev Goiana Med [Internet]. 2020 Oct. 1 [cited 2026 Jun. 5];(58):32-4. Available from: https://amg.org.br/osj/index.php/RGM/article/view/98