I'm not sure what you want for evidence here: those two topics are common themes across a range of medical failures, across a range of areas, when you look at s

I'm not sure what you want for evidence here: those two topics are common themes across a range of medical failures, across a range of areas, when you look at say, reports on why vaccination or mental health education programs fail. That: 1. People don't trust doctors, partly due to how doctors act. 2. Doctors don't do a good job sharing medical knowledge. I'm open to bets by anyone who wants to bet that either doctors are widely trusted by their patients or that they do a good job sharing medical knowledge, and am open to hearing ways to scientifically measure either. But if you're not willing to bet against those two claims, then you probably agree with my conclusion -- that those two real problems are causing upset that's being (irrationally) channeled into things like anti-vaxxer movements. Edit: I can't find great quantified surveys, but this is a concern doctors have too -- https://www.physiciansweekly.com/doctors-losing-publics-trust/ https://www.physiciansweekly.com/doctors-losing-publics-trus... https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterubel/2014/12/19/why-dont-americans-trust-doctors/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterubel/2014/12/19/why-dont-a... https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/Trust_Between_Doctors_and_Patients_is_Culprit_in_Efforts_to_Cross_Racial_Divide_in_Medical_Research https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/Trust_Be... https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-rost/dont-trust-your-doctor_b_18977.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-rost/dont-trust-your... http://mhealthwatch.com/more-than-half-of-all-americans-dont-trust-their-doctors-27077/ http://mhealthwatch.com/more-than-half-of-all-americans-dont...