eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Applied Psychology 2333-4738 2020-07-16 8 1 1 8 10.12691/ajap-8-1-1 AJAP2020811 article Xueli Jiang 1 Liping Zhang 2 Ping Wang 3 Yannan Du 3 Jiangjie Sun sunjiangjie@ahmu.edu.cn 3 Health Management College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China Clinical Medical College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China College of innovation and Entrepreneurship, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China With the improvement of medical level and the increase of people's demand for health services, the imbalance of supply and demand between doctors and patients leads to the increase of the number of doctor-patient risk cases. The tense doctor-patient relationship has attracted the attention of various academic circles. Risk perception has an evaluation effect on the occurrence of doctor-patient risk, and it is also the key to the development of doctor-patient risk events. It is of great significance to grasp the research progress of doctor-patient risk perception in real time for improving the tense situation of doctor-patient relationship, perfecting its guidance mechanism and reducing the doctor-patient risk events. This study is based on the theory of risk perception, through literature review, to explore the research progress of doctor-patient risk perception, and provide theoretical basis for doctor-patient risk management. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajap/8/1/1/ajap-8-1-1.pdf doctor-patient risk risk perception progress