To derive benefit from medical care, a patient must be able to trust the physician. This trust exists only to the extent that the patient feels confident that he or she occupies the doctoras central focus at every medical encounter, and that this focus is being used to derive a full measure of healthful benefit. This is the beginning and end of the doctoras work and is best accomplished by every doctor understanding and maximizing each element of the doctor a patient relationship. These elements of the doctor a patient relationship are carefully dissected in this book, and then illustrated...
To derive benefit from medical care, a patient must be able to trust the physician. This trust exists only to the extent that the patient feels confid...