1. Articluate the value of postive relationships. Understand the power of intimte relationships.

2. Identify relationships and relationship factors that are important to him/her.

3. Understand the health benefits of meaningful relationships.

4. Recognize the difference between scientific and an interpersonal ways of knowing. Recognize how social structures and social practices influence relationships.

5. Analyze the role of culture and power in mediating relationship quality, including that of the health care professional and patient.

6. Understand how language provides the framework for the acquisition of new knowledge.

7. Recognize how scientific language objectifies relationships.

8. Apply the concept of ‘witnessing' to the healer's role reflect on the difference between engagement and detachment.

9. Recognize the infrastructural nature of hierarchy.

10. Define transference/ countertransference. Define the limits of self-disclosure in professional behavior.

11. Articulate differences between the nurse's and physician's role.

12. Encounter examples of functional and dysfunctional relationships between health care professionals and patients.

13. Articulate fundamental components of a successful doctor-patient (or nurse-patient) relationship.



Section 2 > Exercise 8 > Choose a sexual dysfunction.

How specifically might you ask a male patient about erectile dysfunction? How would you talk to a woman about the potential side effect of an antidepressant on orgasm? (If you haven't watched the video clip from exercise 6, do so now and create your do's and don'ts list before continuing). Imagine that you are talking to the patient. Write down 4 or 5 questions you might ask a patient to explore the problem further and then write down some suggestions for treatment. Use the second person address and ordinary, conversational language. Use the clinical correlates to write your sample dialogue.

Clinical Correlate #11: female/male sexual dysfunction