Trust in Health Care in the Time of COVID-19

Trust is foundational for the relationship between patients and clinicians. Patients often disclose profound personal information and trust this will remain confidential. Clinicians work to gain trust so patients are willing to accept their diagnoses and recommended treatments, including undergoing invasive procedures and taking medications indefinitely for chronic conditions. To achieve this level of trust, clinicians and health care systems must, above all, convince people that they put patients ’ best interests above any financial or nonfinancial self-interest of their own.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research