Some Aspects of Research on Interpersonal Relationships and Motivations of Healthcare Professionals

Abstract

The modern theory and practice of medicine, as well as a number of other edological (helping) disciplines and practices, have been supplemented by a very productive area called “evidence-based medicine”. Its occurrence is associated with a large number of bioethical problems, including the problem of the confl ict of interests between a doctor and a patient. A confl ict of interest is born as a result of confl icting motives of relationships and interactions between the activities of a medical worker. The contradiction of interests and motives of activity is manifested in the phenomena of professional psychological burnout and professional deformations. The article highlights the main motives contributing to the confl ict of interest, as well as ways of preventing and correcting confl icts of interest in connection with the implementation of these motives. Among the main motives, one can name the motives associated with the unresolved personal and interpersonal problems of a specialist: his need for power and control, for confi rmation and for belonging.