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Title:: Paths，Dimensions and Indexes for Measuring the Social Mentalityof Doctor-Patient Relationship

Keywords:: doctor-patient relationship; doctor-patient trust; social mentality; medical justice

Abstract:: Measuring doctor-patient social mentality contains three levels：interpersonal，intergroup，andcultural. A comprehensive measuring strategy is recommended by adopting various methods simultaneously，constructing a multilevel questionnaire，and covering all relevant elements. There are four key dimensionsof doctor-patient social mentality：doctor-patient social mood，doctor-patient social cognition，doctor-patientsocial values，and doctor-patient social behavior tendency. Different secondary indicators can be set under eachdimension and then the related items can be determined. A questionnaire aiming to measure up the intergrouplevel can thus be constructed and a combined on-line and off-line sampling survey can be done. Interpersonallevel of doctor-patient social mentality can be studied via participant observation，interviews and moremicroscopic image analysis of specific case studies.