Case 3.2: Megan Rickel, "An Apple a Day

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Case 3.2: Megan Rickel, "An Apple a Day"
-Given the pressure that doctors face to see more patients in less time, is it inevitable that the doctor-patient relationship would veer toward one of the extremes of patient agency or doctor paternalism, or can you see room for the more intermediary fiduciary model of a doctor-patient relationship? Explain your answer.

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