Patients' trust and distrust of physicians: Polar or separate constructs?

Patients' trust and distrust of physicians: Polar or separate constructs?

Trust relations lay the foundation for the covenant between society and the profession of medicine and yet it remains an enigmatic concept although it has been studied in multiple disciplines. It is generally assumed that distrust is the absence of trust; and therefore, distrust has had very little...

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Main Author: Greenidge, Caroline A
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses 01-01-2009
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Cognitive psychology
Health sciences
Social psychology
Social research
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Summary:Trust relations lay the foundation for the covenant between society and the profession of medicine and yet it remains an enigmatic concept although it has been studied in multiple disciplines. It is generally assumed that distrust is the absence of trust; and therefore, distrust has had very little systematic research on its own antecedents and effects (Cook, Kramer, Thom, Stepanikova, Mollborn and Cooper, 2004). Current research supports that the constructs of trust and distrust although related are distinct (Benamati, Serva, Fuller, 2006; Lewicki, McAllister and Bies, 1998). Subsequently, the antecedents and effects of distrust are different from the antecedents and effects of trust and should be studied independently.
ISBN:1109243170
9781109243178