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 The Silent World of Doctor and Patient
Jay Katz
Johns Hopkins, June 2002
Book Description:
In this eye-opening look at the doctor-patient decision-making process, physician
and law professor Jay Katz examines the time-honored belief in the virtue of silent
care and patient compliance. Historically, the doctor-patient relationship has
been based on a one-way trust--despite recent judicial attempts to give patients
a greater voice through the doctrine of informed consent. Katz criticizes doctors
for encouraging patients to relinquish their autonomy, and demonstrates the detrimental
effect their silence has on good patient care. Seeing a growing need in this age
of medical science and sophisticated technology for more honest and complete communication
between physician and patients, he advocates a new, informed dialogue that respects
the rights and needs of both sides.
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