Blankstein summarized the doctor-patient relationship model as follows.

The doctor-patient relationship models summarized by Blankstein are: traditional model and humanitarian model.

Interpretation of doctor-patient relationship: the relationship between patients and doctors in the process of diagnosis, treatment or remission of diseases. The narrow sense of doctor-patient relationship refers to the relationship between doctors and patients. The doctor-patient relationship in a broad sense refers to the relationship between doctors (including nurses, medical technicians, management and logistics personnel) and patients (including relatives, guardians and organizations related to patients) established in the process of diagnosis and treatment.

The traditional doctor-patient relationship model is derived from the traditional biomedical model, which is the embodiment of biomedical model in the doctor-patient relationship. In medical activities, doctors only care about the treatment of diseases, the interpretation of scientific knowledge and the application of standard technology and routine skills, and rarely consider the expectations and feelings of patients. Doctors remain emotionally neutral to patients, while patients passively obey doctors' judgments and decisions.

In the humanitarian mode, doctors and patients are collaborators, and both of them are responsible for the health of patients. Doctors not only care about diseases, but also care about patients' psychology. They are not only responsible for diagnosis and treatment, but also undertake education and emotional support. This model creates good conditions for the mutual communication and interaction between doctors and patients, and establishes a harmonious technical and non-technical relationship, which conforms to the basic viewpoint of bio-psychological-social medical model.