title: Patients: the Rosetta Stone in the crisis of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin Wm
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Wildes
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D019365:Metaphor; D028681:Moral Obligations; D026706:Paternalism; D010358:Patient Participation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D040841:Resource Allocation; D012803:Sick Role; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States