Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Doctor and Patient - An Important Vaccine Few Patients Are Getting - NYTimes.com

Doctor and Patient - An Important Vaccine Few Patients Are Getting - NYTimes.com: "In the two years since the vaccine became available, fewer than 10 percent of all eligible patients have received it. Despite the best intentions of patients and doctors (and no shortage of needles and syringes), the shingles vaccine has failed to take hold, in large part because of the most modern of obstacles. What should have been a widely successful and simple wellness intervention between doctors and their patients became a 21st century Rube Goldberg-esque nightmare."


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