First written in 1993, excerpts from the preface written for this 2002 edition. Still pertinent and informative twenty years later, this collection of studies on #patiencenteredcare is a great read. In #healthcare for #endometriosis our “precious time [is still wasted]” alongside loss of future quality of life, with a 7-10 year average diagnostic delay that patients attribute, time and again, across study after study, to a lack of #medicaleducation and simple listening.