The society is changing rapidly. As doctors, we should be aware of how to respond to these changes? In today's world, sadly doctors do not hold the same place of respect as they did during the time of Dr. B C Roy and there is a steadily declining mutual trust, and erosion of the doctor-patient relationship.
While patients often complain that doctors are proud, indifferent, do not give them expected care, take hefty fees, are dominating and confuse them with a lot of medical jargon; doctors are also bitter about the increasingly aggressive attitude of patients, who are willing to fight at the drop of a hat, do not respect doctors or their work, always blame doctors for everything without understanding the disease and its consequences. Sometimes these accusations may go to the extreme with patients accusing doctors of willful misconduct or perform unwarranted surgery etc. and doctors…
