The elderly and their doctors

Snider, Earle L.

doi:10.1016/s0271-7123(80)80059-9

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“…Previous studies [26] indicated that social factors influenced older people's satisfaction with their physicians, especially those who provided them with primary health care. Physicians' awareness of psychosocial well-being might have effects on the management of health issues for older patients that are socially and psychologically constructed.…”

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General practitioners' knowledge of ageing and attitudes towards older people in China

Yang

Xiao

Ullah

et al. 2013

Australasian Journal on Ageing

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Objectives: To explore GPs' knowledge of ageing, attitudes towards older people and factors affecting their knowledge and attitudes in a Chinese context. Results:The CASD scores indicated that GPs had a neutral attitude towards older people.The CFAQ1 scores indicated a low level of knowledge about ageing. GPs' awareness of the mental and social facts of ageing was poorer compared to that of physical facts. Male GPs had a significantly higher negative bias score than female GPs. All other variables did not have any statistically significant influence on knowledge and attitudes. Conclusions:Findings suggest the need for education interventions for GPs regarding knowledge of ageing and also provide evidence for future development of continuing medical program for this group of medical doctors.2

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confidence: 99%

General practitioners' knowledge of ageing and attitudes towards older people in China

Yang

Xiao

Ullah

et al. 2013

Australasian Journal on Ageing

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“…In the affective domain, studies find that providers' behaviors, including shared laughter and friendliness, are associated with high patient satisfaction (Greene, Adelman, Friedman, & Charon, 1994;Simpson, Mohr, & Redman, 2000) and fewer malpractice suits (Levinson, Roter, Mullooly, Dull, & Frankel, 1997). Affective issues are important for older patients (Snider, 1980) and may be particularly significant for interactions with American Indians (Dean, 2003).…”

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“…Do they construe different behaviors as markers of hurriedness? Time pressure is a common concern for older patients (Snider, 1980), and some authors warn that, among American Indians, behaviors that providers commonly use to indicate task-orientation-such as a "down to business" attitude -may be interpreted as rudeness and prompt patients to withhold information (Kramer, 1992). Such considerations necessitate research on whether particular affective and instrumental behaviors are experienced similarly or differently by providers and patients, with attention to the role of culture.…”

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Perceptions of medical interactions between healthcare providers and American Indian older adults

Garroutte

Sarkisian

Goldberg

et al. 2008

Social Science & Medicine

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Cultural competence models assume that culture affects medical encounters, yet little research uses objective measures to examine how this may be true. Do providers and racial/ethnic minority patients interpret the same interactions similarly or differently? How might patterns of provider-patient concordance and discordance vary for patients with different cultural characteristics? We collected survey data from 115 medical visits with American Indian older adults at a clinic operated by the Cherokee Nation (in Northeastern Oklahoma, USA), asking providers and patients to evaluate nine affective and instrumental interactions. Examining data from the full sample, we found that provider and patient ratings were significantly discordant for all interactions (Wilcoxon signed-rank test p

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“…Patientcentred studies have shown that elderly patients are more willing and likely to defer to physicians' authority (Marshall, 1981). They are also more passive and more likely to appreciate physicians who respond to their affective needs even before they respond to their instrumental needs (Ben-Sira, 1980;Snider, 1980). Some doctors may choose to treat elderly patients because of their own preferred style of social interaction that blends with the more passive and deferent patient.…”

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Treating Older Patients: Who Treats and Why?

Globerman

1991

Can. J. Aging

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RÉSUMÉA la lumière de la proportion croissante de personnes âgées recourant aux services de médecins, cette recherche tente de déterminer dans quelle mesure les médecins qui traitent les personnes âgées sont différents de leurs collègues qui ne le font pas. Des études précédentes ont porté sur certaines facettes de cette problématique, notamment en ce qui concerne les caractéristiques des médecins, leurs comportements dans la pratique, leurs attitudes et leurs convictions générales. Cette étude examine à nouveau et de façon systématique ces différentes catégories, à partir d'un groupe de médecins, en utilisant une procédure de régression multiple. Les résultats laissent entendre que les médecins qui suivent des patients âgés dans les domaines de la chirurgie orthopédique, de la chirurgie générale et de l'ophthalmologie, ne sont pas vraiment différents de leurs collègues qui traitent des patients plusjeunes. On explore également dans cette étude d'autres explications concernant le choix des patients âgés. On se demande aussi quelles seraient les implications pour les patients âgés de choisir un médecin doté d'une expertise dans les soins gériatriques.

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The elderly and their doctors

Cited by 11 publications

References 48 publications

General practitioners' knowledge of ageing and attitudes towards older people in China

General practitioners' knowledge of ageing and attitudes towards older people in China

Perceptions of medical interactions between healthcare providers and American Indian older adults

Treating Older Patients: Who Treats and Why?

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