After 40 Years, Patients Still Crave Attention and Respect

The Doctor/Patient Relationship By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA What do patients want?  Despite the technological promises of the Health 2.0 movement, in some ways it’s really no different today than it was forty years ago. An article that appeared in Time Magazine on May 13, 1966 says: Today, Americans get far better medical care than ever before; as for the rest [of the doctor-patient relationship], they are often lucky to get as much as…

Read More...