Contemporary view of doctor patient relationship in India

Doctor patient relationship is a contract-based relationship and it is considered as elementary to healing art of medicine. This is not a new concept in medical field, but it has a profound influence on the treatment outcome. Over the years many literatures have been published in this area; however, there is a paucity of information especially focusing on doctors in India. Considering this a literature review was performed using Medline, Pub Med, Wiley, Science Direct, Scopus, and Grey literature using Me SH terms like doctor; doctor-patient relation; India. Using the results of this review, a conceptual portrait of doctor patient relationship in India was constructed which mainly focused on the basic elements of this relationship and also the current scenario of this relationship in India especially on corruption, nepotism, quackery, health care inequality, violence etc. Apart from these, certain recommendations were also incorporated for strengthening this relationship in India.