On average, a physician will interrupt a patient describing her symptoms within eighteen seconds. In that short time, many doctors decide on the likely diagnosis and best treatment. Often, decisions made this way are correct, but at c...

In Their Own Words invites you to become "doctor for a day" and see medical practice from the physicians' perspective. Drawing on one of the largest physician surveys ever undertaken, "In Their Own Words" offers in...

One of the greatest and most common criticisms of modern medicine is that physicians and healthcare providers communicate poorly with their patients. Based on decades of research, practical experience and interviews with real patients...