Posted by Dr. Bob on December 30, 1998, at 8:44:01
In reply to Re: Patient Involvement, posted by Elizabeth on December 30, 1998, at 1:23:35
> To be fair, it's sort of hard for me to see things from the other side. (How annoying is it for doctors when patients second-guess or disagree with them, know more than they do about a particular subject, or just say "no" to a treatment idea they don't like?)
I think any doctor who shows up here is likely to be comfortable with patient involvement. :-)
As far as the other side, this is just a guess, and isn't meant to try to justify it, but maybe it has to do with having spent a lot of time studying medicine and psychiatry and whatever and therefore believing you're the one who knows best...
Bob
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