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[Patient's opinions on doctors' explanations (author's transl)]. 1977

D Habeck, and H J Engel, and W Münstermann

An inquiry by means of a questionnaire among 1043 persons (566 in-patients, 269 employees of industrial firms, 208 teachers) revealed: 32.5% were "often not" and 26.5% were "nearly always" satisfied with the medical information provided by their doctors. They were mainly interested in the causes of complaints (77.7%), in the prognosis (66.4%), in the effect of the medicament (44.5%) and in the diagnosis, using technical terminology (37.7%). Nearly all of them wanted to know about the contents of the specialist's report: 35.5% would like to read the report for themselves and 61.4% wanted an intelligible explanation by the family doctor. In incurable malignant disease, 49.5% preferred the patient to be fully informed, whereas 24.4% wanted information about a serious illness which might lead to death. Other questions concerned the information of relatives and between doctors.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007258	Informed Consent	Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.	Consent, Informed
D010817	Physician-Patient Relations	The interactions between physician and patient.	Doctor-Patient Relations,Doctor Patient Relations,Physician Patient Relations,Physician Patient Relationship,Doctor Patient Relation,Doctor-Patient Relation,Physician Patient Relation,Physician Patient Relationships,Physician-Patient Relation,Relation, Doctor Patient,Relation, Doctor-Patient,Relation, Physician Patient,Relation, Physician-Patient,Relations, Doctor Patient,Relations, Doctor-Patient,Relations, Physician Patient,Relations, Physician-Patient,Relationship, Physician Patient,Relationships, Physician Patient
D003219	Confidentiality	The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.	Patient Data Privacy,Privacy of Patient Data,Privileged Communication,Confidential Information,Secrecy,Communication, Privileged,Communications, Privileged,Data Privacy, Patient,Information, Confidential,Privacy, Patient Data,Privileged Communications
D004992	Ethics, Medical	The principles of professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of the physician, relations with patients and fellow practitioners, as well as actions of the physician in patient care and interpersonal relations with patient families.	Medical Ethics
D005860	Germany, West	The former Federal Republic of Germany which was reunified with the former German Democratic Republic in 1990.	Federal Republic of Germany,Germany, Federal Republic of
D006266	Health Education	Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.	Community Health Education,Education, Health,Education, Community Health,Health Education, Community
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man