As relações interpessoais no cuidado em saúde: uma aproximação ao problema / Interpersonal relations in health care: an approach to the problem / Las relaciones interpersonales en atención de la salud: una aproximación al problema
An understanding of interpersonal relationships is vital to health care, since health personnel used them as tools for effective care. Accordingly, this study pursues theoretical thinking intended to discuss how interpersonal relationships influence health care. Communication skills and empathy are among the social skills necessary for effective delivery of health care. It is concluded that inappropriate use of these social skillslead to interpersonal conflicts that may compromise the social relations sustaining the practice of care.