Trust, by providing guidance, is essential for decision-making or cooperation. Furthermore, it reduces uncertainty, mobilises subjectivity, increases openness and kindness towards others. Trust in the doctor additionally plays a therapeutic role, which helps patients to believe in their capacity to win against the illness and to take an active part in co-creating the medical service and successful treatment. Trust also allows patients to believe that the doctor will use his/her knowledge in the best interests of the patient. The following topics can be found in this monograph:
- the nature and types of trust,
- The importance and dimensions of trust in the doctor-patient relationship,
- Multilevel determinants of trust between patient and doctor,
- the implications for doctors and healthcare facility management of a trust-based doctor-patient relationship,
- recommendations for healthcare facilities and doctors.
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