Framing Public Opinion on Physician-Patient Conflicts on Microblog: A Comparative Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Physician-patient conflicts in China have increased more than ten times from the 2000s to the 2020 and arouse heated discussions on microblog. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic is believed to have brought a turnaround in the physician-patient relationship. However, little is known about the similarities and differences among the views of opinion leaders from the general public, physicians, and media regarding physician-patient conflict incidents on microblog, and whether the outbreak had an impact on this.

Objective

This study aims to explore how opinion leaders from the physicians, general public, and media framed posts on major physician-patient conflict incidents on microblog, and compare the microblog post frames before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. T

SUBMITTER: Gong W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8854764 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature