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The doctor, nurse and patient constitute the fundamental triad of the health care system, and much has been written about the traditional structure and roles of the participants. Characteristically the doctor has been portrayed as ‘all-knowing’ and powerful; the nurse as caring, unselfish, obedient and submissive; and the patient as helpless and utterly trusting.
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Chadwick, R., Tadd, W. (1992). The nurse-doctor relationship. In: Ethics and Nursing Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11388-0_4
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