[The patient interactions in this post are amalgams of hundreds of patient encounters over my career. They are not accurate depictions of any encounter with any single patient.] “I don't like taking medicines.” All physicians hear some form of this opinion very frequently. Even more frequently, patients don't state this view outright but rely on it to completely subvert their doctor’s plans. When I was new to practice such an utterance would shock and confuse me. “I don't want to...