Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/66760, first published .
Investigating Whether AI Will Replace Human Physicians and Understanding the Interplay of the Source of Consultation, Health-Related Stigma, and Explanations of Diagnoses on Patients’ Evaluations of Medical Consultations: Randomized Factorial Experiment

Investigating Whether AI Will Replace Human Physicians and Understanding the Interplay of the Source of Consultation, Health-Related Stigma, and Explanations of Diagnoses on Patients’ Evaluations of Medical Consultations: Randomized Factorial Experiment

Investigating Whether AI Will Replace Human Physicians and Understanding the Interplay of the Source of Consultation, Health-Related Stigma, and Explanations of Diagnoses on Patients’ Evaluations of Medical Consultations: Randomized Factorial Experiment

Authors of this article:

Weiqi Guo1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yang Chen2 Author Orcid Image

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