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ReviewJournal of general internal medicine2000

Patients' trust in physicians: many theories, few measures, and little data.

S D Pearson, L H Raeke

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Review in Journal of general internal medicine, 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 246 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

246 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

S D PearsonCenter for Ethics in Managed Care, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA. steven_pearson@hphc.org
L H Raeke

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trust is one of the central features of patient-physician relationships. Rapid changes in the health care system are feared by many to be threatening patients' trust in their physicians. Yet, despite its acknowledged importance and potential fragility, rigorous efforts to conceptualize and measure patient trust have been relatively few. This article presents a synopsis of theories about patient trust and the evolution of methods to measure it. Clinicians, educators, and researchers interested in this area may find this information useful in practice and teaching. The gaps identified in our knowledge about trust can help target new efforts to strengthen the methodological basis of work to understand this vital element of medical relationships.

Indexed as

AttitudePatient SatisfactionPhysician-Patient RelationsHumansManaged Care ProgramsOutcome Assessment, Health CarePrimary Health CareSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesEmpirical ApproachProfessional Patient Relationship

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PMID10940139
PMCPMC1495476

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