Characteristics of exceptionally good Doctors-A survey of public adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Systematic reviews have found that doctors can have a substantial effect on patients' physical health, beyond what can be explained by known factors. In a previous qualitative study, 13 medical doctors were interviewed on their experiences of exceptionally good doctors, and all had met at least one such doctor.

Objective

To determine how common it is for exceptionally good doctors to be encountered by patients and what are the characteristics of exceptionally good doctors.

Design

Mixed methods cross-sectional survey of 580 Amazon Mechanical Turk participants. Questions included doctor and participant demographics, and 34 Likert questions on characteristics of exceptionally good and average doctors. Free-text questions allowed participants to describe except

SUBMITTER: Schnelle C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9883187 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature