THE GOOD DOCTOR

For too long we've clung to the myth of the infallible doctor—one who assuredly tells you what's wrong and how to cure you—and our health has suffered for it. Brigham and Johns propose a new model of medicine, one that is comfortable with ambiguity and that centers on an equal partnership between patient and doctor. Uncertainty, properly embraced, opens a new universe of possibilities.

MICHAEL M. E. JOHNS, MD, is the former dean of Johns Hopkins University Medical School, and current Chancellor of Emory University.

KENNETH BRIGHAM, MD, is a John Hopkins University Medical School alumni and currently a researcher at Emory University.