The healing touch, and the worried well
Philip A. Masters, MD, FACP, blogs at KevinMD about the importance of the physical examination as a key component of the diagnostic process and the physician-patient relationship.
Philip A. Masters, MD, FACP, ACP's Vice President of Membership and International Programs, continues his monthly column on KevinMD. In one post, Dr. Masters looks at the importance of the physical examination as a key component of the diagnostic process and the physician-patient relationship. (For more on this topic, see “Bringing Medicine Back to the Bedside” in the February 2018 ACP Internist.)
In another post, Dr. Masters looks at how treating the “worried well” is both a challenge and an opportunity for the doctor-patient relationship. “What to do with the worried well? Perhaps it is easier to start with what not to do,” Dr. Masters wrote.