From NYTimes, "Doctor and Patient, Now at Odds," July 29, 2008:

"...Doctors, facing declining reimbursements and higher costs, have only minutes to spend with each patient. News reports about medical errors and drug industry influence have increased patients’ distrust. And the rise of direct-to-consumer drug advertising and medical Web sites have taught patients to research their own medical issues and made them more skeptical and inquisitive."

A quick, concise look into some of the things that are wrong with our system today, an unplanned mesh of old-world medical paternalism, free market forces, the internet, and the beginning of a patient-centered movement.