Doctors’ emotions and their implications for clinical practice

Abstract

This article investigated doctors’ emotions and the implications for clinical practice. The mixed method was used to quantitatively evaluate thirty doctors with practice in the office. For qualitative analysis, we chose four doctors for the Case Study. The results showed that older doctors with more time after graduation and more time in consultation with the patient felt more impacted by emotional stimuli than other doctors; and that doctors who work more hours per week in the office perceived the stimuli in a more negatively than other doctors. These data were confirmed by groups of four clusters. It was conducted by a case study with a representative of each cluster. The results revealed that emotions could influence doctors’ attitudes and perceptions regarding the patient.

Keywords:
medical psychology; doctor-patient relationship; emotions