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Health Psychology Book Cover
Health Psychology, 5/e
Shelley Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles
Patient-Practitioner Relations

Learning Objectives



1

Describe trends in the changing roles of health providers, including nurse-practitioners and physician assistants.
2

Describe the criteria by which patients judge the adequacy of their medical care.
3

Describe factors inherent in the medical setting that influence the quality of patient-provider communication.
4

Describe factors inherent in the structure of the health care delivery system that influence the quality of patient-provider communication.
5

Compare and contrast the characteristics of private, fee-for-service care, and health maintenance organizations.
6

Describe the changes in the philosophy of health care delivery in the United States.
7

Describe providers' behaviors that contribute to faulty patient-provider communication.
8

Describe patient factors that contribute to faulty patient-provider communication.
9

Describe qualities of the provider-patient interaction that contribute to faulty communication.
10

Describe the prevalence and assessment of nonadherence to treatment regimens.
11

Describe the causes of nonadherence to treatment regimens.
12

Define creative nonadherence and the factors that contribute to creative nonadherence to treatment regimens.
13

Explain the role of reactance and self-labeling to nonadherence to treatment regimens.
14

Explain the relationship of patient-provider communication to malpractice litigation.
15

Describe the nature and effectiveness of interventions designed to teach providers how to communicate effectively with patients.
16

Describe the nature and effectiveness of strategies for improving patient adherence to treatment regimens.
17

Trace the use of placebos from the early days of medicine to the present day.
18

Define placebo, and describe the nature of the placebo effect and its role in medical treatment.
19

Describe how the effectiveness of the placebo effect may be influenced by provider behaviors.
20

Describe how the effectiveness of the placebo effect may be influenced by patient characteristics.
21

Describe how the effectiveness of the placebo effect may be influenced by patient-provider communication.
22

Describe situational determinants of the placebo effect.
23

Describe how the effectiveness of the placebo effect may be influenced by social norms.
24

Describe the generalizability of the placebo effect.
25

Explain how the placebo may be used as a methodological tool.








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