Patient Satisfaction in Medicine and Dentistry

Table 2

Healthcare objectives from clinicians and patients’ perspectives (adapted from Kvale [62]).

Healthcare objectives
Priority	Clinicians’ perspective	Patients’ objectives
1	Determining the etiology of the disease	Feeling well
2	Understanding the presenting symptoms and clinical signs	Being able to function
3	Improving the patients’ ability to function	Improving clinical signs and symptoms
4	Improving the patients’ sense of well-being	Understanding the etiology of the disease