EDITORIAL RESPONSE TO A HEALTHCARE ARTICLE

Editorial Response: What Doctors Want to Tell Patients

Editorial Response: What Doctors Want to Tell Patients

Physicians are trained with textbooks from 150 years ago and then loaded up with 2 million patients. They do not have time to research specific patient problems or keep up with rapidly advancing medical knowledge on every specific topic. The more we learn, the more we see that most chronic major health problems are interconnected and cannot be treated simply by taking a pill. Patients know this, and when their doctor fails to have the time or the interest to take their ...