Table 6.

Table of calculated acculturation orientation scores for doctors and patiens. Acculturation orientations (AO) of doctors and patients: highest scores indicate which orientation individuals lean towards the most, but are not completely exclusive of other orientations

Proximity Score	Doctor A	Doctor B	Doctor C	Doctor D	Doctor E
Marginalization	1.61	1.61	1.64	2.41	2.57
Separation	2.77	2.26	3.64	2.30	2.45
Assimilation	1.38	1.20	0.61	1.89	1.67
Integration	2.39	1.74	1.64	1.81	1.59
Proximity Score	Patient A	Patient B	Patient C	Patient D	Patient E
Marginalization	1.89	1.81	1.70	1.41	1.70
Separation	2.41	1.89	2.38	2	2.38
Assimilation	1.81	2.29	1.78	2	1.78
Integration	2.31	2.42	2.50	2.82	2.50

As can be seen above, Doctor and Patient A are the only pair who have a combination of acculturation orientations that match to provide consensual relationships as predicted by the health practitioner/health consumer model. The other four doctor/patient pairs show orientation combinations that lead to conflictual/problematic relationships according to the health practitioner/health consumer model