# Most say doctors respect patients who are simply themselves

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## Reading

Most Americans (60%) agree that a patient who is simply themselves with their doctor, sharing health concerns exactly as they experience them, is likely to be treated respectfully, including 22% who strongly agree.

About three-in-ten (31%) neither agree nor disagree, and just 9% disagree, including 3% who strongly disagree, according to a January 2024 Verasight survey.

## Topline

A patient who comes as they are, without trying to be anything other than themselves with their doctor, and is always real with their doctor, sharing their health concerns exactly as they experience them, is likely to be treated respectfully by their doctor.

Most say doctors respect patients who are simply themselves.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Somewhat Agree: 37.5%
- Neither Agree nor Disagree: 31.3%
- Strongly Agree: 22.1%
- Somewhat Disagree: 6.4%
- Strongly Disagree: 2.6%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2024-01-18 → 2024-01-24
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.5%
- Module: Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

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## Citation

Verasight Interdisciplinary Omnibus Survey #2024-006, fielded January 18-24, 2024, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.5%.

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