5 Topic Commentaries

To Build Better Treatment Plans, Listen Carefully

To Build Better Treatment Plans, Listen Carefully

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  Rachel Jessica Bishop, MD, MPH

  Ophthalmology

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine (Wilmer Eye Institute)

  If a patient is coming to me for severe dry eye, it’s important to consider all the factors of their health and their environment — verbatim from source

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  Victor M. Montori, MD

  Endocrinology

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  Mayo Clinic

  Medical treatments must be designed around a patient’s life, not life around treatments. — verbatim from source

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  Lloyd W. Klein, MD

  Cardiology

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  Rush Medical College and Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

  the physician must listen to the patient almost to the point of cliché — verbatim from source

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  Monique C. James, MD

  Psychiatry

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  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  find someone who can listen to your worries and concerns. — verbatim from source

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  Albert G. Mulley Jr., MD, MPP

  Internal Medicine; Health Care Delivery Science

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  Dartmouth College; Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

  the rise in treatment options makes this even more critical, not only to reach a correct medical diagnosis but also to understand fully patients’ preferences — verbatim from source

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