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Table 1. Interview questions about respect in healthcare.

Topic	Question
Respect in medical care	To get started, I’d like to ask you to think about your experiences with medical care, including the doctors you see and the clinics you visit. Could you give me some examples of the sorts of things that make you feel respected in your medical care? Probes if needed: • What is it about those things that make you feel respected? • Please tell me about a time when you felt respect from your medical care. • What about individual medical providers or staff? How could they show respect? • What about the policies that a medical institution has in place? What kinds of policies would show respect?
Lack of respect in medical care	Could you give me some examples of the sorts of things that make you feel a lack of respect from your medical care? Probes if needed: • What is it about those things that make you feel a lack of respect? • Please tell me about a time when you felt a lack of respect from your medical care. • Have you ever felt a lack of respect in the medical setting based on who you are, how you look, or what you believe? Would you mind telling me about that/those experience(s)? • Could you imagine anything that might make you feel a lack of respect? What about your friends or family? • What about individual medical providers or staff? How could they show a lack of respect? • What about the policies that a medical institution has in place? What kinds of policies would show a lack of respect?

Topic

Question

Respect in medical care

To get started, I’d like to ask you to think about your experiences with medical care, including the doctors you see and the clinics you visit.
Could you give me some examples of the sorts of things that make you feel respected in your medical care?
Probes if needed:
    • What is it about those things that make you feel respected?
    • Please tell me about a time when you felt respect from your medical care.
    • What about individual medical providers or staff? How could they show respect?
    • What about the policies that a medical institution has in place? What kinds of policies would show respect?

Lack of respect in medical care

Could you give me some examples of the sorts of things that make you feel a lack of respect from your medical care?
Probes if needed:
    • What is it about those things that make you feel a lack of respect?
    • Please tell me about a time when you felt a lack of respect from your medical care.
    • Have you ever felt a lack of respect in the medical setting based on who you are, how you look, or what you believe? Would you mind telling me about that/those experience(s)?
    • Could you imagine anything that might make you feel a lack of respect? What about your friends or family?
    • What about individual medical providers or staff? How could they show a lack of respect?
    • What about the policies that a medical institution has in place? What kinds of policies would show a lack of respect?