April 28th, 2011

Time reports:

“One-on-one doctor-patient visits are a staple of our health care system, giving patients with chronic disease valuable time with their physicians to ask critical questions and learn more about their condition and, hopefully, improve the outcome of their treatment.

But researchers studying Parkinson’s disease say that group visits, in which patients are pooled together for longer sessions with a doctor, may be just as effective — if not more so — in treating the neurological disorder.”

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