Explain the sociological factors influencing relationships between patients and health professionals.

The standard social duties within that society would affect relationships, as would more rigid institutional rules. These can be understood in terms of social constructionist or structural functionalist sociology approaches. For instance, as a worker deals with a a patient, there are standard social expectations for how a patient should act, e.g. politely providing relevant medical details to the worker, as well as for how the worker would respond. There are also varying degrees of flexibility depending on how the specific society construes individuals. Each hospital or work site may also institute its own rules such as whether a worker must ask certain questions of a patient.