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@ARTICLE{Tsiouris:167791,
author = {A. Tsiouris and N. Ungar and M. Gabrian and A.
Haussmann$^*$ and K. Steindorf and J. Wiskemann and M.
Sieverding},
title = {{W}hat is the {I}mage of the '{T}ypical {C}ancer
{P}atient'? {T}he {V}iew of {P}hysicians.},
journal = {American journal of men's health},
volume = {15},
number = {2},
issn = {1557-9891},
address = {Thousand Oaks, Calif.},
publisher = {Sage},
reportid = {DKFZ-2021-00553},
pages = {155798832098848 -},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Former research has identified stigmatizing attitudes
toward cancer patients in the general population. Little is
known about (implicit) attitudes of physicians toward cancer
patients. By using the prototype approach, the study
investigated German physicians' prototypical perceptions of
cancer patients. Five hundred nineteen physicians (mean age:
46 years, $47\%$ female) who regularly treat cancer patients
participated in the questionnaire study. Participants were
asked to state three prototype attributes that describe the
'typical cancer patient.' Open format answers were coded on
the dimensions favorability (coded with unfavorable,
favorable, or neutral) and gender-stereotypicality (coded
with masculine stereotypical, feminine stereotypical, or
gender-neutral). Of all prototype attributes (N = 1,589),
$69.9\%$ were coded as unfavorable and $14.3\%$ as
favorable, the remaining attributes were neutral $(15.9\%).$
Analysis of gender-stereotypicality revealed that nearly
half of the attributes $(49.5\%)$ were compatible with the
feminine, whereas only $6.5\%$ were compatible with the
masculine stereotype. The remaining attributes $(44.0\%)$
were gender-neutral. There were no significant associations
between prototype favorability or gender-stereotypicality
and demographic/professional characteristics of physicians.
The prototype approach was successful to identify (implicit)
attitudes toward cancer patients and might be more sensitive
than social distance scales when investigating stigmatizing
attitudes. Physicians described the 'typical cancer patient'
with predominantly unfavorable and feminine attributes,
while favorable attributes were underrepresented and
positive masculine attributes were barely mentioned. The
finding that the 'typical cancer patient' lacks (positive)
masculine attributes should be followed up in further
research.},
keywords = {cancer patient prototypes (Other) / cancer patients (Other)
/ favorability (Other) / gender stereotypes (Other) /
physicians’ attitudes (Other)},
cin = {C110},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C110-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:33666112},
doi = {10.1177/1557988320988480},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/167791},
}