BACKGROUND: Doctors' interactions with and attitudes toward e patients have an overall impact on health care delivery. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to gauge surgeons' interactions with e patients, their attitudes toward those e patient activities, the possible impact on the delivery of health care, and the reasons behind those activities and attitudes. METHODS: We created a paper based and electronic survey form based on pertinent variables identified in the literature, and from March 2018 to July 2018 we surveyed 49 surgeons in Germany and 59 surgeons in Oman, asking them about their interactions with and attitudes toward e patients. ...