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Reasons for doctor's dissatisfaction with doctor-patient relationship |
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| Internal Medicine |
Gynaecology |
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| Categories (%) |
GW (n = 43) |
TW (n = 25) |
GM (n = 47) |
TM (n = 32) |
GW (n = 10) |
TW (n = 13) |
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| Patient unwillingness to cooperate/communicate |
62.4 |
4.0 |
40.4 |
18.8 |
50.0 |
0 |
| Patient alcohol abuse |
7.0 |
0 |
27.7 |
6.3 |
0 |
0 |
| Difficult patient |
11.6 |
24.0 |
10.6 |
3.1 |
10.0 |
15.4 |
| Communication problems |
2.3 |
40.0 |
0 |
34.4 |
0 |
38.5 |
| Inappropriate utilisation of emergency services |
2.3 |
16.0 |
10.0 |
12.5 |
30.0 |
23.1 |
| Too little time |
4.7 |
0 |
0 |
3.1 |
0 |
0 |
| Adequate treatment not possible |
0 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
6.3 |
10.0 |
7.7 |
| Psychosocial problems |
0 |
0 |
2.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other reasons |
9.3 |
12.0 |
4.3 |
15.6 |
0 |
15.4 |
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GW = German women, GM = German men, TW = Turkish women, TM = Turkish men; Kruskal-Wallis test, Internal Medicine: p ≤ 0.01; Gynaecology: n.s. | ||||||
Babitsch et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:82 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-82 |
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