Fox News August 15, 2022
Shiv Sudhakar

Amid COVID-19, monkeypox, polio and more today, trust is the ‘glue’ between doctor and patient, notes one physician

As the latest updates on COVID-19, the monkeypox virus, polio and other health concerns and issues continue to circulate, one doctor pointed out that health care is very much like a product.

Dr. Alexander Salerno, an internist in New Jersey, told Fox News Digital, “If you don’t trust the seller or the product, why would you buy it?”

Salerno works at Salerno Medical Associates, a family-run, second-generation practice that serves East Orange and Newark.

He told Fox News Digital that trust is the “glue” between doctors and patients — especially in underserved communities.

“Less trust leads to patients not...

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