Treating The Ailing Doctor-Patient Relationship

Modern medicine places too much focus on lab results, too little on the person; and too much reliance on hyped medical magic, too little on Hippocratic human caring. Patients want and aren't getting more than just pills from their doctors. As Hippocrates put it 2500 years ago: "It is just as important to know the patient who has the disease as the disease the patient has."read more
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Depression Health Integrative Medicine Psychiatry consumer survey doctor-patient relationship placebo effect Source Type: news