Trust

Patients with kidney disease may have their own reasons for not putting their faith in the health care system, but physicians can help earn their trust with small behaviors, according to an expert.

A simmering mistrust of medical science and scientific institutions that had been long building in the United States boiled over during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Men’s health has been declining for years in the United States, and health literacy may play an unexpectedly large role, according to experts.

Although allergists/immunologists frequently encounter ethical dilemmas in their daily clinical practice, medical ethics has not previously been a focus of research and training in their specialty, Timothy M. Buckey, MD, MBE, told Healio.

Practicing shared decision-making increases overall trust in health care providers among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Trust in health care diminished dramatically during the pandemic, and it will take multipronged interventions to restore that confidence, according to an expert.

The level of trust American adults have in cancer information from government health agencies declined significantly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to results of a cross-sectional study.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Explaining the details of the clinical trial process is critical to minimizing barriers to research participation, according to a presenter at the 2024 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.

TORONTO — Trust in vaccines declined among parents and teenagers over a period of time that included the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

ATLANTA — Many of the staff issues seen in eye care practices are rooted in a lack of trust, and it is up to practice leaders to remedy the situation, according to two clinicians at SECO.