Patient-partners may be political correctness gone too far

EDITOR—A partner is “one who shares equally with another,” according to the New Collins dictionary.

To have a patient-partner is a bit of an oxymoron and perhaps a case of political correctness gone too far.1

My feeling is that this is not what doctors or most patients wish in general practice. If I visit my lawyer or dentist I trust his or her knowledge and experience as being superior to mine and take their considered …