tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6802439210449224957.post8614512064933930665..comments2024-01-31T22:33:06.538-05:00Comments on Patient Safety Blog - Telling Our Stories: A major impediment: Patient expectations<b>Ken Farbstein</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12471299623665670773noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6802439210449224957.post-64626273457812324882009-06-28T22:27:04.042-05:002009-06-28T22:27:04.042-05:00This letter makes a good point: our society needs ...This letter makes a good point: our society needs to take a long hard look at our health care expectations, if we expect to reduce costs. <br />End of life care is a perfect example: we all love our parents and grandparents, but do we really need to keep them alive forever? Why do we expect the medical doctors to be gods who can diagnose everything, cure everything, and make us live to be 120? Let's be reasonable ourselves, while we ask our doctors to be reasonable with the tests they order.Juliettenoreply@blogger.com