THE FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP FOSTERING TRUST

THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP THE FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP IN THE HEALTHCARE SETTING IS ONE OF MUTUAL TRUST IN WHICH THE BENEFICIARY TRUSTS THE FIDUCIARY TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE AND COMPETENT SERVICE AND THE FIDUCIARY TRUSTS THE BENEFICIARY TO HAVE THE CAPACITY AND INTEREST IN BEING A MEANINGFUL PARTICIPANT IN THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP.

RESPECT AND TRUST RESPONSIBILITY FOR WELFARE OF THE OTHER MUTUAL TRUST CAREGIVER TRUSTS PATIENT EMPOWERING BY GIVING INFORMATION PATIENT TRUSTS CAREGIVER EMPOWERING BY CONSENT MUTUAL RESPECT AUTONOMY OF PATIENT INTEGRITY OF CAREGIVER

SPECIAL PROBLEMS MEDICAL UNCERTAINTIES MEDICAL PROBABILITIES HOW TO COMMUNICATE THE UNCERTAINTITES OF MEDICINE WITHOUT UNDERMINING THE PATIENT’S TRUST IN THE HEALING POWER OF THE PHYSICIAN AND HIS/HER DEDICATION TO CARE MEDICAL PROBABILITIES HOW TO MANAGE MEDICAL PROBABILITIES AND INVOLVE PATIENTS IN ASSESSING PROBABILITIES, TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR WEIGHING THEM, AND TOLERATE THE RISKS OF THEIR MANAGEMENT