ABSTRACT
Balint group became the generic term to refer to talking groups of professionals centred on the patient caregiver relationship, whatever their practice. The training methods in the Hungarian Psychoanalytic Society were to profoundly influence the content and the approaches used in Balint groups. For Balint, the training of doctors in the patient doctor relationship should based on practical skills rather than theoretical knowledge. Balint's theory on the doctor patient illness relationship, which was very pragmatic and open, has enabled analysts with various theoretical references to call on it. Attention to the patient's body and the effects it produces is part of the work required on the doctor patient illness relationship, and it confronts each individual with his caregiving identity. Attention to the patient's body and the effects it produces is part of the work required on the doctor patient illness relationship, and it confronts each individual with his caregiving identity.
