Anchoring Vignettes for Privacy (Medical)

Question:

To what degree [does your / does "Name's"] doctor respect [your/his/her] privacy?

Response categories:

  1. Always
  2. Almost always
  3. Usually
  4. Occasionally
  5. Never

Vignettes:

  1. [Renée] is ill and goes to the hospital to consult with the doctor. After she steps into the consultation room, the doctor closes the door and tells her that everything she says is confidential.
  2. [Alioune] is ill and goes to the hospital to consult with the doctor. While he is in the consultation room, a nurse opens the door several times to give messages to the doctor, allowing people in the waiting room to catch parts of his conversation with the doctor.
  3. [Chandikha] is ill and goes to the hospital to consult with the doctor. The doctor forgets to close the door of the consultation room. As a result, individuals in the hallway or waiting room are able to hear their conversation.
  4. [Ben] is ill and goes to the hospital to consult with the doctor. The doctor takes notes of their conversation and orders a number of tests to be done. The doctor misplaces this file, including the notes and tests, amongst the magazines in the waiting room. Individuals in the waiting room are thereby able to see the file.
  5. [Paul] is ill and goes to the hospital to consult with the doctor. The hospital maintains an electronic database of all diagnoses, tests, and treatments. The database is hacked and all the information, including that of [Paul's] visit, is posted online.

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