Abstract

The publication is dedicated to the interdisciplinary foundations of doctor-patient interaction and examines the doctor-patient relationship from the point of view of psychology, the sciences of culture, semiotics, linguistics, and phenomenology. It is based on the idea of the doctor and the patient as living communicating agents having a biosocial nature and being in the context of culture. The main task of the course of lectures is to identify the fundamental principles underlying clinical interaction: intra- and interpersonal, cultural, and philosophical. Despite the rather abstract implications, the book is focused on practice, since it designates the fundamental properties of the doctor-patient relationship, thereby giving almost universal recipes for constructive communication and prevention of burnout and conflicts.