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2031204

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-6-17
pubmed:abstractText
The effects of ambiguous responsibility in the doctor-patient relationship on persons undergoing medical treatment for infertility are examined through the negotiation process that ensues following diagnosis. Through the analysis of 79 interviews with women and men undergoing infertility treatment, it was found that: (1) diagnosis reinforced individuals' sense of responsibility for their infertility; (2) ambiguity in the doctor-patient relationship affected shifts in patients' perception of physician responsibility, and (3) patients eventually re-established responsibility for their medical treatment. The implications of ambiguous responsibility for symbolic meanings in biomedicine and the way those meanings are linked to power and authority are explored through an examination of power in patient and physician roles, clinical uncertainty, and medical competence.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
E
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0277-9536
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
875-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Ambiguous responsibility in the doctor-patient relationship: the case of infertility.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't