Managing multimorbidity: listening to patients and integrated care

We welcome the call from Whitty and colleagues for a coordinated, cross sectoral response to the challenges posed by multimorbidity.1 The authors, however, overlook two important factors that could help the profession to meet these demands—listening to patients and integrated care.

We agree that leadership and action from medical schools, professional bodies, regulators, and policy makers are essential to tackle this problem. But where are …