The Doctor and the Patient Relationship

The third and final part of our bad medicine series. This time we look at the doctor patient relationship. Who's got the real leverage in that relation? They cope with their job by giving an angry patient what they want, not what they need. And is it a better idea tojt, stay away from the doctor. We don't measure performance for 99 % of the health care that's delivered. So i would think that you are a downright danger to your patients. How is it this? You're not no commet from w n y c studios. Here's your host, stephen dubner.