Patients want doctors to listen to them: Survey

A staggering 90.2 per cent of the patients want the doctor to listen to them in great detail during first consultation, while 84.4 per cent want to be explained everything about the illness, investigation and drugs, according to a survey.

Conducted by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) among a sample size of 1,325 people, the survey found that 71.2 per cent of the patients want their doctors to greet them and introduce himself/herself in the very first meeting.

About 38.8 per cent of the patients want the doctor to thank them after the consultation.

Following the outcome of the survey,