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1Llewelyn Grain Informatics and China Health Program, School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. H.Grain@latrobe.edu.au
Abstract:
Doctors and patients have different expectations of their relationship with each other. Doctors are struggling with changes in expectations without changes in education or health care system delivery, while patients have significantly more information available to them, and expectations of the health system and their doctor that often does not match what the system is able to provide to them. This paper identifies the major issues for each group and the impact of these issues as they affect the patient-doctor relationship.
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