1. What should a patient do if he wants a blood test, but his doctor will not order it? Include in your answer a discussion of the fact that patients can now order and pay for a variety of blood tests without their doctor's permission or prescription.
2. Explain why so many elderly patients feel their hospital attending physicians have abandoned them when the physicians say things like "at your age, there is nothing more we can do?" and pressure the patients and families to get the patients out of the hospital and into nursing homes.