How exposure to patient narratives affects stereotyped choices of primary care clinicians.

ABSTRACT: In this paper, we examine whether patient narratives alter the impact of stereotyping on choice of primary care clinicians: in this case, the common presumption that female doctors will be more attentive to empathic relationships with patients. 1052 individuals were selected from a nationally representative Internet panel to participate in a survey experiment. Participants were given performance data about 12 fictitious primary care physicians, including a randomized set of narrative feedback from patients. We compared the choice of clinician made by participants who value bedside manner and were exposed to narratives in the experiment, compared to those valuing bedside manner who had not had this exposure. We estimated multivariate logistic regressions to assess whether exposure to patien

SUBMITTER: Bhaumik D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10703228 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature