Question of the Day: Doctor relations

Recent news stories, like yesterday's report on PTSD in the parents of children with cancer and the ongoing saga of the Wernecke family, have made me wonder whether doctors focus so sharply on the diseased cells in front of them that they never look at the whole child, or the child's whole environment. Yet surely things like stress and depression and anxiety, both in the young patient and in the family responsible for that patient's care and emotional development, can have a significant impact on treatment. Have you found doctors to spend so much time focused in on disease that they don't notice other important factors in your child's life? Click on the answer that comes closest to your observations.
1) Yes, and it hurts their patients
2) Yes, and it hurts patients and their families
3) Yes, and it's hurtful for families
4) Yes, but that's the way it has to be
5) No, focusing on disease is what doctors should do
6) No, parents should just shut up and listen
7) No, those other things are distractions from what's important
8) Other
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