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Title:: An Exploration of Formation Mechanism of Doctor-PatientTrust Crisis: From the Perspective of Intergroup Relationship

Keywords:: social trust crisis; medical system reform; stereotype; inconsistent group identity

Abstract:: The emergence and development of doctor-patient trust crisis are determined by some underlying social psychological factors. Social trust crisis is the social psychological origin of the doctor-patient trust crisis, which is intensified by the medical system reform. The social psychological causes for trust crisis between doctors and patients make each group hold a negative stereotype of the other on the one hand, and lead to their inconsistent group identities on the other. Therefore, the interaction between doctors and patients are derailed from the track of trust. An exploration of the formation mechanism of doctor-patient trust crisis from the perspective of intergroup relationship can bridge the gap between the current macroscopic and microscopic studies and reveal the evolutionary process of the trust crisis.