Association of stereotypes about physicians to health care satisfaction, help-seeking behavior, and adherence to treatment

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 1049 - 1058
• Main Authors: Bogart, Laura M, Bird, Sheryl Thorburn, Walt, Lisa C, Delahanty, Douglas L, Figler, Jacqueline L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2004; Elsevier; Pergamon Press Inc
• Series: Social Science & Medicine
• Subjects: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Adherence; Adult; Adults; African Americans - psychology; African-Americans; Anti-Retroviral Agents - administration & dosage; Biological and medical sciences; Black White Differences; Client Satisfaction; Decision making; Doctor-patient relationship; Ethnicity; European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology; Female; Health Behavior; Health care; Health care satisfaction; Health Care Utilization; Health professionals; Health services; Help-seeking; Helpseeking; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; Homeless Persons - psychology; Homelessness; Humans; Low Income Groups; Male; Medical sciences; Medical treatment; Middle Aged; Midwestern United States; Miscellaneous; Ohio; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - ethnology; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Patient Compliance - ethnology; Patient Compliance - psychology; Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data; Patient Satisfaction - ethnology; Patient Satisfaction - statistics & numerical data; Patients; Physician patient relationships; Physician's Role; Physician-Patient Relations; Physicians; Poverty; Public health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Satisfaction; Stereotypes; Stereotyping; Treatment adherence; Treatment Compliance; U.S.A; United States of America; USA; USA HIV Treatment adherence Ethnicity Health care satisfaction Help-seeking; West Virginia; Whites; United States; North America; America; Midwestern United States; West Virginia; Ohio; Treatment adherence; USA; Ethnicity; HIV; Health care satisfaction; Help-seeking; Human; Help seeking; Social perception; Attitude; Health staff; Satisfaction; Physician; Stereotype; Ethnic group; Care; Physician patient relation; Treatment; Sociodemographic factor; Treatment compliance; Behavior; Public health

The present research consists of three studies examining the role of patients’ stereotypes about health care providers in the health care decision process. Study 1 examined the association of stereotypes to health care satisfaction and help-seeking behavior among a low-income clinic sample; Study 2...