Title

Physicians' Moral Dispositions, Role Perceptions, and Patient Interactions: Exploratory Findings from Physicians in the Midwestern United States

Authors

Aaron B. Franzen, franzen@hope.eduFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2017

Publication Source

Michigan Sociological Review

Volume Number

31

First Page

137

Last Page

154

Publisher

Michigan Sociological Association

ISSN

1934-7111

Abstract

We know that patients and their well-being is important to physicians, but what this means in terms of their practice is not always as clear. One potentially fruitful approach to understanding this variation is to look to physicians' value dispositions and moral foundations. Prior work within the general population has highlighted the place and importance of religion/spirituality, but very little is known about physicians and how moral foundations matter for medicine more broadly. The purpose of this research note is to explore these issues with a sample of physicians in Michigan. We find that individual characteristics are related to physicians' moral domains, and that these moral domains are related to perceptions of religion/spirituality's medical relevance and perceptions of "good" physicians.

Keywords

moral foundations, role perceptions, religion, medical profession

Recommended Citation

Repository citation: Franzen, Aaron B., "Physicians' Moral Dispositions, Role Perceptions, and Patient Interactions: Exploratory Findings from Physicians in the Midwestern United States" (2017). Faculty Publications. Paper 1445.
https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/faculty_publications/1445

Published in: Michigan Sociological Review, Volume 31, Fall October 1, 2017, pages 137-154. Copyright © 2017 Michigan Sociological Association, University Center, Michigan.