Who is Really Ignorant--Physician or Patient?

Scotland. It was found that: a) there was a consistently higher level of word comprehension among the utilizers, as rated blind and independently by two physicians; b)for the utilizers only, multiparous women appeared to have a slightly higher level of comprehension than the primiparae; the physicians included in the study consistently and markedly underestimated the level of word comprehension among the lower working-class respondents. Thefindings from this exploratory study are, despite limited numbers, consistent with those from earlier studies in the United