Pendulum swings from ‘doctor knows best’, but watch lest it go too far
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Pendulum swings from ‘doctor knows best’, but watch lest it go too far
Monday 5 February 2018, 11:08 AM

Jan White is chair of the NZMA GP Council
In the era of patient autonomy, doctors should not be servile technicians, writes GP Jan White
Although the pendulum has swung from paternalism to patient autonomy, we must take care not to assume the role of a servile technician
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