The setting is the type of doctor the patient is seeking medical care from. The research specifically identified family doctors, general practice doctors and antenatal clinic doctors for the participants to provide input on.

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There is an extreme lack of research on attitudes of the type of doctor and specific doctors vs. doctors in general, especially with this population. The formation of these attitudes have lasting impacts on health psychology and quality of care.

The Effect of Setting and Doctor/Patient Relationship on Attitudes Towards Doctors and Medicine in Maternity Patients

Conroy, Ronán M., et al. “Attitudes to Doctors and Medicine: The Effect of Setting and Doctor-Patient Relationship.” British Journal of Health Psychology, vol. 7, no. 1, 2002, pp. 117–125., https://doi.org/10.1348/135910702169312.

The Setting of the Health Care Provider

The context is either looking at doctors individually or looking at them generally as a group. This allows patients to identify attitudes to either doctors in general or a specific clinician.

The Context of the Health Care Provider 

A measuring tool that was used in the study to explore the contrasting perceptions of doctors generally, the patient's family doctor or general practitioner, or the antenatal clinic doctors.

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