DEVELOPING TRUST
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
- Vol. 19 (4) , 450-470
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089124191019004004
Abstract
This article analyzes the patient/practitioner encounters of African-Americans who utilized natural (drugless) systems of health care. It identifies those features of the encounter that engendered trust. The view presented is that trust is a necessary component of sustained, uncoerced interaction and that patients typically seek to control the patient/practitioner encounter. Patient acquiescence and dependency in the encounter is not automatic and is strongly related to the attainment of trust.Keywords
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