Physician-patient relationship at HUEH: is it a “relationship to” or a “relationship between”

To discover the relationship model in force between doctor and patient at the Haitian State University Hospital of Haïti (HUEH), a semi-directed survey was conducted among fifty patients. The qualitative analysis of the various interviews showed that patients were generally satisfied with their relationship with doctors. However, opinions are not sharing on their level information whether it is their illness or their therapeutic management; the results also showed that doctors had poor empathy. Hence our conclusion there is an unethical relationship in this institution, where doctors and patients coexist mainly in a “to” relationship and less so in a “between” relationship. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. ### Funding Statement No funding ### Author Declarations All relevant ethical guidelines have been followed; any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained and details of the IRB/oversight body are included in the manuscript. Yes All necessary patient/participant consent has been obtained and the appropriate institutional forms have been archived. Yes I understand that all clinical trials and any other prospective interventional studies must be registered with an ICMJE-approved registry, such as ClinicalTrials.gov. I confirm that any such study reported in the manuscript has been registered and the trial registration ID is provided (note: if posting a prospective study registered retrospectively, please provide a statement in the trial ID field explaining why the study was not registered in advance). Yes I have followed all appropriate research reporting guidelines and uploaded the relevant EQUATOR Network research reporting checklist(s) and other pertinent material as supplementary files, if applicable. Yes Data availability is not applicable for this article, as no database was used. The information was collected via audio recordings.