Maintain Patience When Caring for Elderly Patients

by G. Richard Holt, MD, MSE, MPH, MABE, D Bioethics •

I, for one, will most definitely add patience to my list of important physician qualities and virtues.

Dr. Holt is professor emeritus and clinical professor in the department of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.