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Doctors Don't "Get" Their Patients

US physicians are often poor judges of their patients' health beliefs, according to a new study by Dr. Richard Street from texas A&M University and Paul Haidet from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, USA.  However, physicans' understanding is better the more patients are involved by asking questions, expressing concerns, and stating their beliefs and preferences for care.  Their analysis of how patients' health beliefs differ from their physicians' perception of their beliefs was just published online by Springer in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Read the full press release here.