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An Exploration Of Patients' Trust In Physicians In Training, Denise Bonds, Kristie Foley, Elizabeth Dugan, Mark Hall, Pam Extrom
An Exploration Of Patients' Trust In Physicians In Training, Denise Bonds, Kristie Foley, Elizabeth Dugan, Mark Hall, Pam Extrom
Elizabeth Dugan
Several characteristics associated with patient trust are identified. To determine the level of trust patients from disadvantaged circumstances have in their primary care resident physician, and to determine patient and physician characteristics that predict trust, we administered a survey to randomly selected primary care patients of an academic medical center staffed by internal medicine residents after a visit to their primary care provider. Participants were adults. The group was racially diverse (50% non-white), English-speaking, and from lower socioeconomic groups. The 10-page survey consisted of 7 sections (Physician Trust Scale, Patient Demographics, Patient Health and Well-Being, Patient-Physician Relationship Characteristics, Global Doctor …
Racial Disparity In Pregnancy-Related Mortality Following A Live Birth Outcome, Margaret Harper, Mark Espeland, Elizabeth Dugan, Robert Meyer, Kathy Lane, Sharon Williams
Racial Disparity In Pregnancy-Related Mortality Following A Live Birth Outcome, Margaret Harper, Mark Espeland, Elizabeth Dugan, Robert Meyer, Kathy Lane, Sharon Williams
Elizabeth Dugan
PURPOSE: African-American women have a 2- to 4-fold increased risk of pregnancy-related death compared with Caucasian women. We conducted this study to determine if differences in a combination of socioeconomic and medical risk factors may explain this racial disparity in pregnancy-related death. METHODS: Pregnancy-related deaths of African-American (N=60) and Caucasian (N=47) women were identified from review of pregnancy-associated deaths (N=400) ascertained through cause of death on death certificates, electronic linkage of birth and death files, and review of the hospital discharge database for the State of North Carolina, during the period between 1992 and 1998. Controls (N=3404) were randomly selected …