Gradually, slowly, the concept of Slow Medicine–of doctors having enough time to do a good job with patients, and patients having enough time to heal–is popping up all over the place. In Italy, as a spin-off of the Slow Food movement; in the US, in several different ways, and now in England: http://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2012/12/17/richard-smith-the-case-for-slow-medicine/