Do You Want Your Doctor to Tell You What to Do?

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1.) How much a doctor get paid?

2.) What is the education I have to get?

3.) What is the working conditions?

4.) What is the outlook trend?

Charnecia Oatis of MS 1:01PM January 21, 2009

In this study participants who had high blood pressure and high cholesterol were compared on a patient centered approach to a more traditional doctor knows best. The authors speculated that the kind of patient who doesn't like being told what to do is less likely to follow doctors orders. This study was completely correlational and they are trying to draw cause and effect relationships.

Stuart Red of CA 4:19PM February 26, 2008

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