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Default (Dis)Trust And The Medical Profession, Nathalie C. Diberardino
Default (Dis)Trust And The Medical Profession, Nathalie C. Diberardino
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Trust is typically taken to be an essential constituent to the patient/physician relationship. One way that trust can manifest in the context of medical care is in a default attitude; that is, the initial stance of trusting one takes upon entering any given interaction with a medical professional. In this paper, I identify the current default attitude of (dis)trust that certain marginalized groups are justified in taking towards the medical profession, and I explain why this default is not ideal. I then argue for my account of the ideal default attitude of trust, which I call medial trust. …