Perceived physician humaneness, patient attitude, and satisfaction with the pill as a contraceptive
Kallen, D.J.; Stephenson, J.J.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior 22(3): 256-267
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1465 PMID: 7288132 DOI: 10.2307/2136520Document Number: 385754
Studies of patient satisfaction and compliance with medical regimens emphasize single causes, such as patient beliefs about health care, quality of the interaction between patient and physician, the organization of the setting in which health care is given, or demographic characteristic of patients, as determiners of behavior. Based on information gathered from female college students about their last experience in obtaining the pill, satisfaction with the pill is the result of a complex interaction between a patient's perceptions of her physician's humaneness, the organizational setting in which health care is delivered, her negative attitudes toward the pill, and her experience with side effects. Satisfaction with the pill is related, in turn, to use of the pill as a contraceptive, particularly in the most recent relationship involving intercourse when the patient had had more than 1 such relationship.