title: Trust and distrust between patient and doctor.
abstract: To trust someone is to have expectations of their behaviour; distrust often involves disappointed expectations. But healthy trust and distrust require a good understanding of which expectations are reasonable, and which are not. In this paper, I discuss the limits of trustworthiness by drawing on recent studies of trust in the context of defensive medicine, biobanking and cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of St Andrews, UK.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hawley
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000941:ethics; D003675:Defensive Medicine / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D016414:Resuscitation Orders / Q000941:ethics; D035502:Trust
keywords: CPR; biobanks; defensive medicine; distrust; trust; trustworthiness