If All Doctors Had More Time to Listen

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/health/07health.html?_r=1&em

Above is an article in NY Times on If All Doctors Had More Time to Listen.

I feel priviledged to be part of the team at Georgia Integrative Medicine. We make the time to listen to our patients. Patients have ready access to Dr. Kim. Patients spend about one hour being treated for each visit. For complex patients, we spend up to four hours performing a comprehensive evaluation known as the team visit.

We have patients who are choosing us over their regular physicians and over other integrative medicine physicians because we choose to listen to our patients. Even our growth is managed to ensure that our existing patients have a ready access to Dr. Kim.

At Georgia Integrative Medicine, we understand that our patients are the experts on their bodies and in order to help, we have to listen and understand to their healing journey. Carl Rogers was a humanistic psychologist who understood the importance of "client-centered" therapy. He understood the importance of listening mindfully to what his clients had to say. At Georgia Integrative Medicine, we honor the Rogerian tradition and perform that mindful listening to the best of our ability.

Jeanne Bowers
Clinic Manager