Regarding the perceived trustworthiness of information sources, participants reported thinking that their general practitioner and the community health services are most trustworthy (see Figure 4).
These findings suggest that while oxytocin can transiently increase acceptance of advice from the most trustworthy individuals this is because it makes subjects more likely to conform to their opinions rather than enhancing their perceived trustworthiness or likeability.
Counsellors were perceived as trustworthy owing to their closeness and conduct, and the consent process was experienced as convincing.
We conjectured that even in the absence of information on the personality and social behavior of an individual, empathy might be modulated by the 'first impression' based on other's physical facial features, such that the other is perceived as trustworthy or untrustworthy.
Medical practitioners and scientists, amongst others, are perceived as trustworthy and reliable by the general public.
In contrast, medical practitioners and scientists, amongst others, are perceived as trustworthy and reliable by the general public.
It was important to participants that the guidelines should be perceived as trustworthy.
The information they received was perceived as trustworthy, correct and evidence based as it came from a health care authority.
Key aspects of effective learning in this clinical decision-making process were: contextualized dialogue, which was based on the GPs' own experiences, feedback on own results and easy access to short guidelines perceived as trustworthy.
