Kim AM, et al. - Among 1000 Korean adults aged 18 to 59 years, researchers conducted a web-based survey between August and September 2016 to examine the factors associated with trust in physicians. The patients’ predispositions which make them less likely to trust physicians should be considered when investigating the factors for trust in physicians. They found that negative health-related traits (stress and low self-rated health) were likely to lower trust in physicians and women were less likely to trust physicians. Data reported that the negative attitudes toward the current health care system were strongly linked to low trust in physicians. The results obtained from the cross-sectional study indicate that trust in physicians is more likely to be lowered by negative perception than by the objective conditions or experience. In consideration of recent changes in patient-physician relations and the medical environment in Korea, the subjective attributes of patients that could negatively affect the trust in physicians should be investigated.