Abstract
We tested the association between the palliative patient's attachment style and the patient-doctor relationship, by means of Revised Adult Attachment Scale and a self-designed, patient-doctor relationship questionnaire. The study included 110 (52 M, 58 F) cancer, hospice patients, aged 36-80 years. We observed 54 percent of secure, 18 percent of dismissive, 9 percent of preoccupied, and 19 percent of fearful styles. Securely attached patients developed significantly ( p < .05) better relationships with doctors than insecure patients. There was no difference in the quality of the patient-doctor relationship among dismissive versus preoccupied versus fearful patients. We argue that attachment theory should be applied in palliative care to improve patients' quality of life and dying.
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