The Trust Prescription for Healthcare: Building Your Reputation with Consumers

Edited by D A Shore. Health Administration Press, 2005, $63.00, pp 165. ISBN 1567932401 Taking a phrase from President Clinton’s successful presidential campaign in 1992, this book could have just as easily been called It’s About Trust, Stupid. In his book, David A Shore, PhD, associate dean and fou...

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Main Author: Mathis, R. S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2006
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 32, Issue: 9, Pages: 555-556
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Summary:Edited by D A Shore. Health Administration Press, 2005, $63.00, pp 165. ISBN 1567932401 Taking a phrase from President Clinton’s successful presidential campaign in 1992, this book could have just as easily been called It’s About Trust, Stupid. In his book, David A Shore, PhD, associate dean and founding director of the Trust Initiative at the Harvard School of Public Health, presents a convincing argument for the importance of trust in healthcare delivery. Shore is equally convincing in arguing that people have a lack of trust in the healthcare system in the United States. To make this point, he cites studies showing that while many continue to trust doctors and nurses, the trust in healthcare delivery itself …
ISSN:1473-4257
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.015305