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The “Bed-Side Manner” Deterioration Continues
[By Staff Reporters]
A growing chorus of discontent suggests that the once-revered doctor-patient relationship is on the rocks.
Results
About one in four patients feel that their physicians sometimes expose them to unnecessary risk, according to data from a Johns Hopkins University [JHU] study published in the journal, Medicine, while two recent studies show that whether patients trust a doctor strongly influences whether they take their medication, according to the New York Times, on July 29, 2008.
Tell-all-Books
In bookstores, there is now a new genre of “what your doctor won’t tell you” books promising previously withheld information on everything from weight loss to heart disease, while the Internet is bristling with frustrated comments, blogs, text-messages and wiki’s, etc., from patients.
Raison Detra’
Reasons for the frustration include declining reimbursements and higher costs that give doctors only minutes to spend with each patient, news reports about medical errors and drug industry influence fueling patients’ distrust, and the rise of direct-to-consumer drug advertising and medical Web sites that have taught patients to research their own medical issues and made them more skeptical and inquisitive.
Of course, related quality improvement initiatives seem to be loosing ground.
Assessment
One can only wonder if more extensive use of physician-extenders; like PAs, CRNAs, CNMWs, NPs and DNPs are part of the solution; as well as well-trained limited licensed providers like podiatrists, dentists, optometrists and psychologists; along with walk-in, on-site and retail medical clinics, etc?
Conclusion
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