Recent reforms within the UK National Health Service, particularly the introduction of clinical
governance, have been enacted with the apparent aim of rebuilding patient trust. This paper …

This paper provides a conceptual analysis. It proposes that public and patient trust in health
care in the UK appears to be shaped by a variety of factors. From a macro perspective, any …

Does trust still matter in health care and who does it matter to? Have trust relations changed
in the'New'NHS? What does trust mean to patients, clinicians and managers? In the NHS …

Trust is believed to be particularly salient to the provision of health care, and since the
establishment of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, trust has played an important …

Trust has long been regarded as a vitally important aspect of the relationship between
health service providers and patients. Recently, consumer choice has been increasingly …

Background This paper explores the nature and reasoning for (dis) trust in Australian public
and private hospitals. Patient trust increases uptake of, engagement with and optimal …

The emphasis in recent government policy for the NHS in England on the need to increase
both the accountability of health care professionals and the choice available to patients have …

English The government's modernisation programme for health and social care has
introduced institutional arrangements that are characteristic of 'late modernity'. These …

Trust has traditionally been considered a cornerstone of effective doctor–patient
relationships. The need for interpersonal trust relates to the vulnerability associated with …

Background Growing attention is being paid to the importance of trust, and its corollaries
such as mistrust and distrust, in health service and the central place they have in …