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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

From: Effects of individual immigrant attitudes and host culture attitudes on doctor-immigrant patient relationships and communication in Canada

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

  1. 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