Communication with the Patient is a book for doctors that teaches how to listen, how to talk, how to resolve conflicts and how to provide support, i.e. how to build a good relationship with the patient, how to understand their intentions and behaviour, and how to overcome difficulties that arise and one's own weaknesses. Communication between the doctor and the patient is a specific type of social relationship, in which improper behaviour and lack of understanding may even make it impossible to achieve the basic aim of medicine - Primum non nocere. The presented publication was created due to the desire to show precisely these specific mechanisms of communication in the doctor-patient relationship. The book is very practical. The author presents many examples from medical practice and offers valuable advice to enable effective cooperation between patient and doctor.
