A Measure of Therapist-Patient Understanding
J. P. WATSON M.A., M.R.C.P., D.P.M., D.C.H.1
1 Research Worker, Institute of Psychiatry, and Honorary Senior Registrar, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals, London, S.E.5
The degree of understanding, and the dimensions of misunderstanding, between a doctor and a patient have been examined during an eight month period, using a repertory grid method. The patient completed an identical grid on four occasions, and on each occasion the doctor supplied a grid of guesses of the patient's ratings. The changes occurring in the patient during the experimental period are briefly discussed.
Submitted on August 29, 1969
