Cultural Capital: Accounting for Power in Patient-Physician Interactions

摘要

Current research on patient-clinician communication points to the persistent challenge of realizing the principles of "shared decision making." The recent report titled "Communicating with Physicians About Medical Decisions: A Reluctance to Disagree," for example, suggests that even socioeconomically advantaged, highly "activated" patients are reluctant to express disagreement with a physician. ing questions and discussing their preferences with physicians. The question of what makes certain practices and