Reciprocal trust in health care relationships

Abstract

This paper examines the phenomenon of trust in health care relationships from a new perspective, that of the recipients of care for chronic illness. The authors argue that reciprocal trust is a necessary component of satisfying, effective health care relationships when the illness is of an ongoing nature. From the patient's perspective, reciprocal trust has a significant impact on the experience of being a receiver of health care and on the development of competency with illness management. Because of this, the authors claim that it is imperative for health care professionals to alter their traditional beliefs with regard to sick role and trust. With a new perspective, they may then develop the specific skills necessary to enact the caring aspect of the service they offer. The authors offer a number of suggestions for actualizing this reciprocal trust in clinical practice.

Stigma and Trust Among Mental Health Service Users

“…Although stigma is considered a barrier to recovery for mental health service users (Link, Struening, Neese-Todd, Asmussen, & Phelan, 2001), the precise intermediate mechanisms that occur within mental health service organizations remain unclear. Since the interaction between service users and providers is a main process within mental health services (Slade et al, 2002), and trust is viewed as a main characteristic of this interaction (Mechanic, 1998;Thorne & Robinson, 1988;Zazzali, 2003), trust may be considered a potentially important intermediate variable linking stigma to outcomes of mental health services. In this study, we will consider the outcome variable service user satisfaction.…”

“…studying general health care have stressed the crucial importance of interpersonal trust in this relationship (Mechanic, 1998;Thorne & Robinson, 1988;Zazzali, 2003). Compared to general health care, research in the domain of mental health care has given little attention to trust (Brown et al, 2009;Laugharne & Priebe, 2006;Piippo & Aaltonen, 2008).…”

Definindo o projeto de vida familiar: a família na transição para o cuidado domiciliar da criança com necessidades especiais

“…Sob essa perspectiva, a intervenção com a família é compreendida como um fenômeno interacional (13,14) que ocorre e é atualizado em uma relação terapêutica estabelecida entre a família e o profissional (1) .…”

“…Articulando tais aspectos ao conhecimento disponível na literatura de enfermagem sobre a experiência de famílias cuidando de crianças 13 …”

Buscando segurança para desenvolver suas competências: a experiência de interação da família

“…Os fundamentos do cuidado centrado na família enfatizam o papel integral que os membros da família desempenham na vida e no bem-estar da criança (16-17-18-19) , transformando em meta principal dessa abordagem a criação de um ambiente de socialização e participação entre enfermeiras e famílias, no qual ambos os lados possam experimentar confiança mútua, comunicação efetiva e cooperação no encontro das demandas de cuidado de saúde da família (10)(11) .…”