Abstract
BACKGROUND: Complication-free cooperation between physicians and physicists is widely to be found in all areas of biomedical research for a long time. Where both are involved in patient care, however, there are interfaces potentially causing frictions in their relationship. Radiotherapy is considered to be a typical example. KEY ISSUES FOR GOOD RELATIONSHIP: In order to establish a partnership free of tensions 5 attitudes are felt to be essential: interdisciplinary cooperation, recognized professional competency, mutual loyalty among colleagues, actively supported communication, and readiness for conciliation. CONCLUSION: Considering the interdisciplinary attitude of biomedical science as well as appreciating the ethical obligation to the patient good partnership between physician and physicist is necessary and achievable.
| Translated title of the contribution | Relations between physician and physicist. Remarks from the viewpoint of the physicist |
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| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-4 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Strahlentherapie und Onkologie |
| Volume | 171 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Jan 1995 |