Medicine and information

The field of medicine has been a witness to phenomenal advancements. The interesting fact is that the pace of research and development has widened the gap between the health care providers and the recepient i.e. the patient. A patient with symptoms or complaints comes to doctor to seek a solution a remedy and also reassurance. The doctor's main focus usually is to establish a diagnosis and then institute specific treatment, often it involves more than simple tests requiring a trip to the hospitalor referral to specialist department or clinic. Till the time the results are on the table to be discussed the patient and the relatives can be exposed to lots of anxiety and apprihension. the change of perception from being gods dictating the investigations or the treatment to being a businessman selling one's perception of the cause of problem/ symptoms, proposing the investigations or the management should inturn help in taking the barriers down and also would make health professionals more accessable.