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. 2022 Aug 1:9:23743735221117366.
doi: 10.1177/23743735221117366. eCollection 2022.

Exploring Patient Perspectives of Body Image Conversations in Primary Care: Understandings, Experiences, and Expectations

Ling Yang  1 , Ioana Cezara Ene  1 , Larkin Lamarche  2   3
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Exploring Patient Perspectives of Body Image Conversations in Primary Care: Understandings, Experiences, and Expectations

Ling Yang et al. J Patient Exp. .

Abstract

Primary care physicians (PCPs) and patients identified body image conversations to be difficult but necessary. As first points of contact in the healthcare system, PCPs are ideal candidates for addressing body image concerns. Through latent thematic analysis of 12 interviews, this paper explores patient preferences with body image conversations in primary care. We identified challenges that patients faced in sharing body image concerns, expectations they hold for physicians, and suggested potential areas of future research and ways to improve care.

Keywords: body image; patient care; patient expectation; patient experience; patient understanding; primary care.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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