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title: Transforming Doctor-Patient Relationships
date: 2024-05-08T20:19:00-04:00
author: Missy Moyer
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[Media Coverage](/media-coverage)# Transforming Doctor-Patient Relationships

By Sheryl Ruzek • Journal of Health Services Research and Policy • July 1, 2007

“Historians often ponder how books change history. "Our Bodies, Ourselves", the enormously popular and influential work, will long be studied for igniting and sustaining a worldwide women’s health movement. It should also be studied for how it transformed doctor-patient relationships and why it is such a trusted source of health information.”

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