“If the lack of time is the chief barrier to poor physician-patient communications, it logically follows that longer patient appointments are the solution. Ok, let’s say that I could wave a magic wand and add 5 or even 10 more minutes to the average primary care office visit. Would more time really make a difference?
Probably not.
A quick examination of just some of the key drivers of physician-patient communications reveals why.”
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Steve Wilkins, KevinMD, 17 March 2010
