Goldberg Ivan
Discipline of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia.
Taiwan J Ophthalmol. 2023 Aug 3;14(3):371-375. doi: 10.4103/tjo.TJO-D-23-00047. eCollection 2024 Jul-Sep.
Advances in technology have empowered patients to seek health information and to self-diagnose online. They do so, increasingly. Instead of shying away from patients' online-gained health information, clinicians can use it to fuel discussion, answer their questions, and, thereby, reinforce the all-important doctor-patient therapeutic alliance. Through patient-centered communication, clinicians can increase patient trust and generate better health outcomes.
技术进步使患者能够在网上寻求健康信息并进行自我诊断。而且，他们这样做的频率越来越高。临床医生不应回避患者通过网络获取的健康信息，而是可以利用这些信息促进讨论、回答他们的问题，从而加强至关重要的医患治疗联盟。通过以患者为中心的沟通，临床医生可以增强患者的信任并产生更好的健康结果。
