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InnovAiT 2008 1(9):606-607; doi:10.1093/innovait/inn113
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Dr Rodger C Charlton

General Practitioner and Associate Clinical Professor, Warwick Medical School and Honorary Editor, RCGP Publications

E-mail: rodger.charlton@warwick.ac.uk

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   The third person in the consultation
 
We are reminded by a research paper in the journal Family Practice of the computer on which we depend and use frequently during the consultation but has introduced another ‘partner’ into the doctor–patient relationship. This has changed the dynamics and interactions in the consultation and the impact of the computer can shape how the consultation flows. There has been a considerable move to being patient centred. As the authors of this paper conclude; ‘the concept that humans have a relationship with the computer may seem alien, but that relationship exists’. We perhaps should be aware of how computer centred we are also becoming in our consultations.

Pearce, C. Family Practice (2008); 25(3): p. 202–8.


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