With the exception of rural areas where only one hospital may be accessible, patients often have a choice of healthcare providers, even for inpatient care.

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Stress may be big news but often patients aren't aware of its effect on their health, says the One Show's Dr Mark Porter.

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In what may be a sign of the mistrust: however often patients lie, their health-care providers think they lie more.

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The results of this study reinforce practice beliefs which many physical therapists express when patients often request arthroscopic knee surgery to repair these injuries: surgery may not always be the most prudent initial approach to deal with his situation.

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"One of the characteristics of hoarding is that people feel this sense of discomfort if they feel like they may be giving away something that they could use in future, " says Hollander, explaining that patients often become greatly distressed or even angry if they are pushed to give up apparently useless or excess possessions.

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