The doctor patient relationship in pharmacotherapy improving treatment effectiveness tasman allan riba michelle b silk kenneth r isbn 9781572305960 . The doctor patient relationship in pharmacotherapy improving treatment effectiveness one of the ironies of medical care in the united states at the beginning of the 21st century is that patient satisfaction often is low despite major improvements in medical technology and therapeutics. The doctor patient relationship in pharmacotherapy improving treatment effectiveness new york guilford press 2000 ix 182 pp 3000 this book was written for psychiatrists who find themselves seeing patients every 15 minutes and have concentrated on managing each patients medications in the preface dr tasman writes it is well known that treatment outcomes are improved when the treatment interventions are made within the context of a trusting caring and ongoing relationship . The doctor patient relationship in pharmacotherapy improving treatment effectiveness allan tasman michelle b riba kenneth r silk imprint new york guilford press c2000