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	Welcome   | My Account | E-mail Alerts | Access Rights | Sign In Vol. 9 No. 10, November 2000   Archives  •  Online Features Original Contribution  This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on ISI (153)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Perceptions of Physician Style and Trust Mark P. Doescher, MD, MSPH; Barry G. Saver, MD, MPH; Peter Franks, MD; Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH Arch Fam Med. 2000;9:1156-1163. Context  While pervasive racial and ethnic inequalities in access to care and health status have been documented, potential underlying causes, such as patients' perceptions of their physicians, have not been explored as thoroughly. Objective  To assess whether a person's race or ethnicity is associated with low trust in the physician. Design, Setting, and Participants  Data were obtained from the 1996 through 1997 Community Tracking Survey, a nationally representative sample. Adults who identified a physician as their regular provider and had at least 1 physician visit in the preceding 12 months were included (N = 32 929). Main Outcome Measure  Patients' ratings of their satisfaction with the style of their physician and their trust in physicians. The Satisfaction With Physician Style Scale measured respondents' perceptions of their physicians' listening skills, explanations, and thoroughness. The Trust in Physician Scale measured respondents' perceptions that their physicians placed the patients' needs above other considerations, referred the patient when needed, performed unnecessary tests or procedures, and were influenced by insurance rules. Results  After adjustment for socioeconomic and other factors, minority group members reported less positive perceptions of physicians than whites on these 2 conceptually distinct scales. Minority group members who lacked physician continuity on repeat clinic visits reported even less positive perceptions of their physicians on these 2 scales than whites. Conclusions  Patients from racial and ethnic minority groups have less positive perceptions of their physicians on at least 2 important dimensions. The reasons for these differences should be explored and addressed. From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle (Drs Doescher and Saver); and the Departments of Family Medicine (Dr Franks) and Community and Preventive Medicine (Dr Fiscella), University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY. THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES Can Language-Concordant Prevention Care Managers Improve Cancer Screening Rates? Beach et al. 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