What Your Doctor Really Thinks: Diagnosing the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Q. You’ve been sent for a stress test. Does this mean your doctor thinks there’s something wrong with your heart?

A. Not necessarily. Doctors often schedule stress tests when they are certain a patient’s heart is healthy. So why the test?

In What Your Doctor Really Thinks, Ian Blumer looks at the doctor-patient relationship, and explains what your doctor will and won’t tell you in the examining room. Blumer lets you know what is going on in your physician’s head, and suggests what should be...