Healing Wounds Inflicted by the medical system


	Healing Wounds Inflicted by the medical system

Maureen Farrell

9-11-2008 1:04 PM

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Maureen Farrell says:

Dr. Pauline Chen's new column debuted today on the NYT online edition. Judging from the first one, it looks like it will be worth keeping an eye on. Her aim -- to lessen some of the distrust between doctors and patients - is a worthy one, and the written word may be a good start.

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