Doctor-patient relationships in Russia and Germany

The article discusses the issue of communicative relations between a doctor and a patient in Russia and Germany. The objective of the paper is to identify and to analyze the degree of patients’ satisfaction with the medical practitioners of the primary care (therapist in Russia and the family doctor in Germany) in the current social and economic environment. The methods of the research involved a survey and questionnaire. The authors have come to a conclusion that there is a correlation between the degree of patient satisfaction with the doctor-patient relationship and the commercial-like character of the healthcare systems.