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

Laure Guilloux; Carla De Stefano; Gérard Reach; Sadek Beloucif; Frédéric Lapostolle

doi:10.1016/j.spp.2021.01.008

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

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

[Article in French]

Authors

Laure Guilloux¹, Carla De Stefano¹, Gérard Reach², Sadek Beloucif³, Frédéric Lapostolle⁴

Affiliations

¹ Samu 93, UF recherche-enseignement-qualité, Inserm U942, Université Paris 13, Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP, 125 rue de Stalingrad, 93009 Bobigny, France.
² Service d'endocrinologie, diabétologie et maladies métaboliques, EA 3492, Centre de recherche en nutrition humaine d'Île-de-France, Université Paris 13, Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP, 125 rue de Stalingrad, 93009 Bobigny, France.
³ Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, EA 4569 "Éthique, politique et santé", Université Paris 13, Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP, 125 rue de Stalingrad, 93009 Bobigny, France.
⁴ Samu 93, UF recherche-enseignement-qualité, Inserm U942, Université Paris 13, Hôpital Avicenne, AP-HP, 125 rue de Stalingrad, 93009 Bobigny, France. Electronic address: frederic.lapostolle@aphp.fr.

PMID: 33926635
DOI: 10.1016/j.spp.2021.01.008

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Humans
Physician-Patient Relations*