Dr. Richard Cyr of the excellent “My Health Beijing” blog has had a practice, in Beijing, for the past three years.  Sometime ago I communicated to him that it would be fascinating to read how his Beijing experience differs from his experience as a physician, in the United States.

#1 Difference: Chinese patient expectations – Last week I had another of many similar encounters: a young Chinese woman came in with typical common cold symptoms of runny nose and cough, and otherwise was fine. She made it very clear, very quickly, that she expected me to give her not just More >