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Many folks regard an appointment with a physician with fear and trepidation; after all, something is wrong, and it’s likely that by the time the appointment is made, the patient is in some discomfort. The memory of other, earlier appointments, when diagnostic tests were ordered and the results came back with an indecipherable or incomplete explanation, only contributes to the patient’s anxiety.
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
Arthur C. Clarke
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Baran, G.R., Kiani, M.F., Samuel, S.P. (2014). A Visit to the Physician: Diagnoses and Enabling Technologies. In: Healthcare and Biomedical Technology in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8541-4_5
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