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Review
. 2021 Mar-Apr;42(319):37-41.
doi: 10.1016/j.spp.2021.01.008. Epub 2021 Jan 26.

[Doctor-patient relationship: teenagers prefer "tu" to "vous"]

[Article in French]
Laure Guilloux  1 , Carla De Stefano  1 , Gérard Reach  2 , Sadek Beloucif  3 , Frédéric Lapostolle  4
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[Doctor-patient relationship: teenagers prefer "tu" to "vous"]

[Article in French]
Laure Guilloux et al. Soins Pediatr Pueric. 2021 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

The quality of the relationship is important for the medical care of adolescents. The choice of the pronoun of address, "tu" or "vous", could be a determining factor in this relationship. A study of 220 adolescents showed that they preferred to be addressed as "tu". They waited for the doctor to offer it to them.

Keywords: adolescence; child and adolescent psychiatry; communication; doctor-patient relationship; pédopsychiatrie; quality of care; qualité des soins; relation médecin-patient.

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