title: Time for physicians to reconfigure.
abstract: The days when medical professionals made unilateral patient-care decisions are gone. Accelerating trends are converging to create a climate for what we call "consumer-centric healthcare," and that raises new and unsettling questions for physicians.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eliastam
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States