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To the Editor: In the recent Sounding Board article by Greco and Eisenberg (Oct. 21 issue),¹ an increasingly important mechanism of changing physicians' behavior was not discussed -- that of educating patients in order to change their physicians' behavior. As the authors suggest, educating physicians is less likely to alter their practice if it contradicts patients' preferences. Physicians may indeed oppose any mechanism that they perceive as threatening their sense of competence or autonomy, but such threats may be overcome if the patient is the agent of change.

That the patient can serve as such an agent is increasingly recognized. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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