The assumptions of orthodoxy in health care
Keywords:
Patient Care Team, Physicians Role, Patient Compliance, Quality of Health Care, Communication Barriers, Health Services, Primary Health Care.
Abstract
A short case report which illustrates how deeply ingrained assumptions of a doctor about patients and about the health team determine the care given to the patient.
Issue
Section
Case studies
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