Sick and tired. Uneasy patients may be surprised to find their doctors are worried too.
Under fire from all sides, the doctor-patient relationship is battered, bruised and in need of repair. American physicians are teetering on their lofty pedestals. Never have doctors been able to do so much for their patients, and rarely have patients seemed so ungrateful. Today's doctors must contend with ever changing technology, ever threatening lawsuits and a medical-industrial complex second-guessing their every decision. No wonder they often feel as sick as their patients.
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