> If doctors have the final say on all matters, they don't have a patient - they have a subject.

"Extremist language" indeed, and true only in cases where the doctor can forbid the patient from going to another doctor.

> If doctors have the final say on all matters, they don't have a patient - they have a subject.

In a competitive market of doctors, profit motive will tend to cause doctors to meet the demands of patients.

Unfortunately, the culture in the U.S. is taking us in exactly the opposite direction from medical competition.