That's a heavy responsibility for a parent. That's a heavy responsibility for a doctor. That same sense of responsibility extends to the family of humankind. An innate sense of trust exists in the relationship between patients and their physicians, nurses and pharmacists. Relationships are the fabric of health care, and that fabric has become torn and frayed, and this must remain the axiom of all time even as medicine accelerates its assault against disease.
Science provides the option of great and innovative treatment.
It also provides the possibility of drug interaction if it is not counterbalanced with the human touch. After all, every single drug has a side effect, even aspirin. Unfortunately, more attention is paid to the business bottom line in health care. There is only one bottom line - the patient. If we want to continue delivering the best health care in the world, we must take a hard look at ourselves and put the focus back on treating people not just with the utmost care, but with the utmost consideration as well.