title: Patients and doctors: some thoughts on an evolving relationship amid unprecedented change.
abstract: The patient-physician relationship is changing in response to the influence of empowered consumers, the Information Revolution, and the Human Genome Project. Although the trend is toward autonomy for patients and less power for physicians, some patients still desire input and guidance from caring, competent physicians.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Repository, GenomicsCollaborative, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bottles
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D016045:Human Genome Project; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000639:trends; D020407:Internet / Q000639:trends*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards; D010358:Patient Participation; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States