Ethical aspects of physician – patient relationship

The relationship between a physician and a patient has always been a centre of medical attention. Application of modern technologies enables a physician to receive a clear picture of a patient’s health rather than become concerned about his/her personal feelings. The solution of physician–patient ethical problems is not possible without state economical, political and legal measures. Aim of the study. To assess the ethical aspects of physician-patient relationship of Prienai Primary Health Care Centre from the patients’ attitude. Methods. In January – February 2007, a survey was conducted in order to receive the opinion from Prienai district residents, who visited a GP (n=304). Statistical analysis package SPSS (9.0) was used to analyse the data. Dependence of two symptoms was researched with of the Chi-Square test (χ²). Zero hypothesis was rejected, when p