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Is the patient-doctor relationship broken?

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Is the patient-doctor relationship broken?

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The patient-doctor relationship is stressed on both sides, says Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health. He describes the nuances of the patient-doctor system.

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