Table 2.

Attitude Toward Physician Direction and Independent Information Seeking, 2000 and 2005

Response	2000	2005
Rely exclusively on doctor	12*	6*
Rely mainly on doctor but do own research	38*	51*
Use doctor as one source among several sources	43*	35*
Not sure	8	8
Total No. of respondents	1,000	1,027

NOTE. The question was presented as follows: Imagine for a moment that you were diagnosed with a serious illness or medical condition. How do you think that you would go about learning more about your condition and the treatments available for this condition? Would you rely exclusively on your own doctor, would you rely mainly on your own doctor but do your own research as well, or would you use your doctor as only one source among a number of sources?

*The difference between 2000 and 2005 is significant at the .05 level.