Trust and distrust between patient and doctor

This work was supported by a Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme TrustTo trust someone is to have expectations of their behaviour; distrust often involves disappointed expectations. But healthy trust and distrust require a good understanding of which expectations are reasonable, and which are not. In this paper I discuss the limits of trustworthiness by drawing upon recent studies of trust in the context of defensive medicine, biobanking, and CPR decisions.PostprintPeer reviewe