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  In a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine in February of 2012, patients with the highest satisfaction with their MDs had fewer visits to the ER, but a 26% higher mortality rate! Mortality outcomes on 36,000 people over 4 years was collected by researchers from UC Davis Medical Center. The most satisfied patients spent about 9% more on health...

  Drs. Welby and Kildare are now a thing of the past for the most part. Today's fragmented health care has lost the personal relationship between doctor and patient and is oriented to saving money and getting people back on their feet and back to work as quickly as possible. The personal relationship where a healer listens and cares has become "unaffordable"...