Do physicians really want patients to ask more questions?

Patient advocacy groups encourage patients to speak up and ask their physicians questions, even asking if the doctor has washed his or her hands. But as Laura Landro of The Wall Street Journal writes, despite the encouragement, many patients are still reluctant to ask questions, and some who do ask might get a response that discourages such questions in the future.

You can find the article here.

What do you think? What else can advocacy groups, clinicians and others do to encourage patients to speak up?