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Originally Posted by cho oyu
do you find that there are a large number of patients who wish to completely abdicate responsibility to you and not be involved in the process?
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Medicine operates in a world of uncertainty. We usually don't have the luxury of being sure. It's probabilities, not certainties. Maybe that partly explains the gap between engineers or researchers on the one hand, and clinicians on the other. Throw in the emotional and spiritual needs of the patients and families, and it really is a very subjective profession even when you do follow the evidence.
Lots of patients say, "whatever you say, doc." I oblige but not until I have presented the same facts I would to any other patient -- only difference is that I add, "that's what I would do, though that doesn't necessarily make it right for you."
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Rich
Tampa, FL (ESR-bound. Really. I mean it. Seriously.)
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