Central Pain Syndrome: Patient-Doctor Disconnect
 

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To help clarify communication, Dr. Swift says that patients should go into a visit with their doctor informed about their condition. “Either get on www.PubMed.com or go to a patient support group Web site,” he says. “Have your questions written out and don’t let the doctor leave the room till he’s answered them.” He also suggests tape-recording your session with the doctor.

You might ask who is Swift MD

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Thomas R. Swift, MD, Advisory Board Member
Dr. Swift's primary interest is in clinical neurology with expertise in clinical neurophysiology and neuromuscular disease. He is President of the American Academy of Neurology and has been President of the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, President of the Society of Clinical Neurologists, and Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of the Myasthenia Gravis Association. An article he co-authored in 1970, "Treatment of Parkinson's Disease with L-Dopa," reporting the first effective treatment for PD, is one of the most frequently cited medical articles of all time. Dr. Swift has been a member of the Journal Watch Neurology Advisory Board since the publication's launch in 1999.