Doctors and Patients: A Rocky Relationship

After a series of recent blog posts about doctors and patients, I’ve been surprised at the level of animosity many patients seem to have for their doctors.
The simmering distrust of the medical system — and the doctors who work in it — are the topic of my Well column this week, as well as a new Well video, “Do You Trust Doctors?” (see below). For their part, doctors aren’t at all surprised patients are angry.