Establishing Trust – the Patient’s Responsibility. The Role of Trust between the Patients and the Doctors in Assisted Reproduction
Establishing Trust – the Patient’s Responsibility. The Role of Trust between the Patients and the Doctors in Assisted Reproduction

Author(s): Lenka Slepičková
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Trust; Patient's Responsibility; Assisted Reproduction;
Summary/Abstract: Trust, as the ability to rely on doctors and to believe that their behaviouris guided by the interests of the patient (Pearson and Raeke 2000), is one of the key elements of the relationship between the doctor and the patient which has persisted right up to the present in modern medicine. Trust is a key mechanism connecting doctors and patients, and is the foundation of professional autonomy in medicine (Fugelli 2001). Sick people have an increased need for trust which helps them cope with their existential angst, the risks, and the loss of control over their body, their social roles and the future (Fugelli 2001).

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