Better communication needed between physicians and patients with disabilities, says US MS Society grantee
Some 54 million Americans live with some type of disability, including many people with multiple sclerosis. Therefore, virtually all physicians should expect to see people with disabilities in their practices. However, although these physicians are well educated in the underlying causes of disabilities, many receive little training in addressing the practical difficulties experienced by people with disabilities in their daily lives. A perspective by National MS Society grantee Lisa M. Iezzoni, MD (Harvard Medical School, Boston) addresses this issue in The New England Journal of Medicine (2006;355(10):976-979).
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