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Dr. Atul Gawande discusses the "art to being a patient," which ranges from knowing when to get angry to doing...

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Dr. Atul Gawande discusses the "art to being a patient," which ranges from knowing when to get angry to doing your Internet research homework to letting go and putting yourself "in the hands of those you know are fallible." The discussion is part of a pub

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And what you've come up against is that just as there is an art to being a doctor, there is an art to being a patient. There are times when you've to be willing to push, ask for second opinions, to look Google whatever you can find on folks. And sometimes even get angry when things aren't go in the right way. And then there are other times when you've to be willing to let go and put yourself and your family in the hands of others whom you know are fallible but you trust they are doing the best they can and aiming for everything what that you could hope for.

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