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Never let the facts spoil a good story: a challenging case history
Abstract
While the practitioner strives to maintain patient motivation and compliance in the face of polypharmacy, patients are bombarded periodically by negative material in the popular media.
Key Points
- Some patients with an acute coronary syndrome are transformed from good health, on little or no medication, to a situation of ongoing polypharmacy.
- Patients often resent this situation on the grounds of convenience and financial burden.
- The popular media regularly publish unbalanced and hysterical stories in relation to medical matters, making the situation even more difficult for both the patient and doctor.
- Practitioners have the difficult task of keeping one step ahead of what patients may see in the popular media.
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