ArticlePloS one2021
Patient perspectives on how to demonstrate respect: Implications for clinicians and healthcare organizations.
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- Patient Expectations: A Qualitative Study on What Patients Want From Their Healthcare Providers to Support Them in Healthy Aging.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- How patients experience respect in healthcare: findings from a qualitative study among multicultural women living with HIV.BMC medical ethics · 2024Article
- Lebanese nursing students' perceptions of barriers to the implementation of person-centered care in clinical settings: A qualitative study.Nursing open · 2024Article
- Reimagining the approach for advancing maternal health equity through authentic patient engagement and research practices.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- Racial and ethnic disparities in the perception of respect from physicians among skin cancer patients in the United States.JAAD international · 2023Article
- Centering Patients' Voices in Artificial Intelligence‒Based Telemedicine.American journal of public health · 2023Article
- Fear of dying dirty: Intimate care encounters during COVID-19 pandemic in South African context.Health SA = SA Gesondheid · 2023Article
- Toward Meeting the Obligation of Respect for Persons in Pragmatic Clinical Trials.The Hastings Center report · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveClinicians and healthcare organizations are ethically obligated to treat patients with respect, yet it is not clear what actions best demonstrate respect to patients. This exploratory qualitative study aimed to understand what actions on both an individual and organizational level effectively demonstrate respect for primary care patients.
methodsWe conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with primary care patients in an integrated healthcare delivery system in Oregon and an integrated safety net health system in Colorado who were participating in a genomics implementation research study of a hereditary cancer screening program. We systematically coded interview transcripts using a coding framework developed based on iterative review of the interview guide and transcripts. We further analyzed the data coded with sub-codes relating to patients' experiences with respect in healthcare using a descriptive content analysis approach.
resultsWe interviewed 40 English-speaking (n = 30, 75%) and Spanish-speaking (n = 10, 25%) patients. Most interviewees identified as female (n = 35, 88%) and either Hispanic/Latino(a) (n = 17, 43%) or White or European American (n = 15, 38%). Interviewees identified two categories of efforts by individual clinicians that demonstrate respect: engaging with patients and being transparent. They identified five efforts by healthcare organizations: promoting safety and inclusivity, protecting patient privacy, communicating about scheduling, navigating financial barriers to care, and ensuring continuity of care.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that patients' experiences of respect depend on efforts by individual clinicians as well as healthcare organizations. Our findings offer insight into how clinicians can build stronger partnerships with patients and how organizations can seek to promote access to care and patient safety and comfort. They also illustrate areas for future research and quality improvement to more effectively respect patients.
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