Re: Poll Shows Most Americans Trust Their Doctors

[Guest guest]

I suspect trust levels decrease the more you have to go to the doctor,

especially if you have to see multiple doctors and have a complicated

condition.

Suzanne

[ ] Poll Shows Most Americans Trust Their Doctors

> Poll Shows Most Americans Trust Their Doctors

> Thu Dec 12, 5:47 PM ET

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> By Charnicia Huggins

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> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly two thirds of Americans say they are

> confident that the medical information given to them by their doctor is

> accurate, according to the findings of a recent Gallup poll.

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> The remaining 34% of the 1,001 adults surveyed nationwide from November

> 11-14 said they opted for a second opinion on important issues or did

> independent research.

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> This percentage is " lower than I might have thought, " Newport,

> editor-in-chief of the Gallup poll, told Reuters Health.

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> " It clearly tells us that despite the proliferation of health news on the

> television and the Internet...(many people) don't have a great deal of

trust

> in the accuracy of that information, " he said.

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> In fact, when asked about their degree of trust and confidence in their

> doctor, one quarter of the respondents said they have more confidence now

> than they did last year and only 11% said their trust and confidence was

> lower than it was previously. Most (57%) respondents said their level of

> trustand confidence in their doctor had not changed over the past 12

months.

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> In other findings, results from a separate Gallup poll indicate that while

> the majority of Americans trust the health information they receive from

> their doctors, one in five people have a great deal of trust and

confidence

> in the medical information they get from the Internet. Less than 15%,

> however, report the same level of trust and confidence in medical

> information from newspapers, magazines and television, respectively.

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[Guest guest]

Suzanne,

I suspect you are right.

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> I suspect trust levels decrease the more you have to go to the doctor,

> especially if you have to see multiple doctors and have a complicated

> condition.

>

> Suzanne

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