Patient symptom exaggeration is associated with communication effectiveness and trust

• Main Authors: Faiza Sarwar (Author), Tom Crijns (Author), Sina Ramtin (Author), David Ring (Author), Lee Reichel (Author), Amirreza Fatehi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Patients might exaggerate their symptoms in an attempt to align the clinician's views with their own. A person who sees potential benefit in symptom exaggeration might also experience less trust, more difficulty communicating, and lower satisfaction with their clinician. We asked if...