Ultimately, though, the relationship between doctor and patient is paramount. Doctors need to be sterner, and patients need to accept that antibiotics are not always an appropriate prescription.

最后，尽管医患关系最为重要，医生还是应该更加严格，病人也必须接受抗生素并不总是最合适的药方这一现实。

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The relationship between patient and doctor used to be considered something special, almost sacred.

过去，人们常常以为医患关系非常特殊，几乎有点神圣的感觉。

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And for many people nothing will replace the personal relationship between a patient and his doctor.

并且对很多人而言，病人和医生之间的关系将会是永恒的。

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According to a recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study, when given the opportunity to review their medical notes, the majority of patients at three health systems reported a better understanding of their health conditions, felt more in-control of their care and had an improved doctor-patient relationship.

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Doctors may be uncomfortable knowing about the extra-marital activities of their patients, but confidentiality is a key part of the doctor-patient relationship and is essential in ensuring that the public's trust in doctors will be maintained.

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Anyone who has actually done real psychotherapy, in which people really pour out their souls (in my 20s, I practiced psychiatry), knows how dangerous, delicate and often destructive such an exercise can be -- even in the privacy, confidentiality and highly ritualized setting of the doctor-patient relationship.

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