This video provides insights from prominent physical therapist Dr. Mitchell Brotsky, where he discusses with host Cennet Kurtev how patients can better work with their rehab therapists. Working with a physical therapist or occupational therapist has become a common provider/patient relationship, and this video explains the relationship from both the perspective of the PT as well as the perspective of the patient, focusing on how the patient can better relate to their therapist.

This video with dental hygienist Dawn Sinclair, hosted by Dove Sinclair, discusses the changes that needed to take place in the dental offices throughout America to keep patients safer. It provides advice on what to expect when visiting the dentist.

This is part of a series of interviews with patients to hear their stories and to allow them to share their messages of hope. Barbara Cohen is an MS patient and a patient advocate, and this is a fascinating account of her journey that she has been on for the past 40 years.

Dr. Richard Besser offers advice for receiving the best medical care. For more, click here: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Richard_Besser/patients-bill-rights-empowered-doctor-visit/story?id=14073875

Medical Economics sits down with James Underberg, MD, to discuss how the physician-patient relationship has changed, and what physicians should do to strengthen their ties with their patients.

At the heart of our health care system is the doctor-patient relationship. It is that trusting relationship that drives quality care. When the federal government, however, decides to exert an ever greater level of influence over the practice of medicine – as we have seen under Obamacare – then the doctor-patient relationship is threatened and the quality of care is potentially compromised.