Perceived Proximity and Distance in the Doctors-Patients Relationships : Application to the Breast Cancer Treatment Case

Abstract

An obvious questioning of the doctor-patient relationship leads us to conduct a research on the point of view of patients who have had to follow a breast cancer treatment pathway. We want to know to what extent the notions of distance/proximity make it possible to explain the doctors-patients relationships, and on what realities it is based. It appears that the answer is complex, multifaceted, and rather poses the question of the dimensions of the relationship alongside the medical protocol.