Ravi Parikh: When Paternalism Doesn’t Work for Patients

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Paula detested the sitter. And, by extension, she detested the medical team that ordered the sitter.
“It’s like you guys don’t trust me to take care of myself!” she exclaimed, tears running down her face. The fact was, we didn’t.

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