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SUPPORT BEYOND MEDICATION Doctor-patient relationship in the times of a pandemic HCPs are most trusted sources of nutrition information and therefore, have a more critical role to play for their patients, especially in times of this pandemic. Beyond medication, HCPs can play a significant role in educating their patient’s about right nutrition and ways to leading a healthy lifestyle. Kent L Bradley, Chief Health and Nutrition Officer, Herbalife Nutrition
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e have often heard of the adage, “A good physician treats the disease, the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”The relationship patients have with their doctor involves a great amount of trust and vulnerability; and like any relationship, this too deepens with time. The encounters entailed in this relationship may not always be perfect and desirable, but it is one of the most moving and meaningful experiences shared by human beings. Trust is a function of multiple aspects put together. According to the American National Institute of Health, trust, knowledge, regard, and loyalty are the four elements that form the doctor-patient relationship1, and the nature of this relationship has an impact on patient outcomes too. The quality of care, knowledge and time a physician invests in the patient is 1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC473230 8/#:~:text=The%2520doctor%252Dpatient%2520relatio nship%2520has,fiduciary%2520relationship%2520in%2 520which%252C%2520by
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