... expect complete and accurate information aboutthe diagnosis, the prognosis, and the potential risks and side effects oftreatment.Before we conclude this section, you should understand the majorunderlying ... at all. For physicians, illnesses first and foremost are biologicalfacts and pathological processes. However, for a sick person, the illnessalso is a subjective – a physical, mental, and social ... both big and small, and to follow his or herorders. However, our culture and our technology have both changedsince then, and with them, our ideas, choices, and practices regardingillness and medicine...