Recognition and management of the overly affectionate patient.

摘要: Physicians should be aware that patients who offer excessive admiration, signs of affection, and flattery are exhibiting a form seductive behavior. To understand manage this behavior, the physician must recognize his or her susceptibility to feelings omnipotence it engenders. Setting realistic expectations, challenging these less dependent upon physician, recognizing need for referral in certain situations is necessary managing such patients. A mature strives toward developing self-reliance independence