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Will Accessing Lab Results Cause More Stress, or Less?

by celia | Jan 25, 2013 | healthcare professionals, patients

If waiting for test results can be stressful, having direct or immediate access to them poses its own challenges. After I posted my piece on showing empathy for anxious patients waiting for lab results, I was forwarded the link to this New York Times Blog piece in...

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