title: The empowered patient: consumerism in American medicine.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Ravi B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Parikh
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D010358:Patient Participation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011209:Power, Psychological; D014481:United States