Posted by stargazer on December 1, 2006, at 9:28:50
In reply to I think shrinks lie, posted by med_empowered on November 30, 2006, at 2:44:08
Obviously, some lie just as all people do, both professionally and personally. You have to just be able to know when lying is damaging to you and get out before real harm is done. easier said than done.
I don't think my pdoc has "lied" to me but sometimes he has recommended something that he felt was the right course of action and it turned out not to be. I think many of them are in the dark as much as us with knowing what medication will work. The truths about some of the drugs are not known until many years later.
I have witnessed doctors lying to patients and wonder how they can do that to people who are so desparate and have no ability to make decisions for themselves. There are many doctors who do this and it is appalling.
I am lucky that my pdoc says he doesn't know alot but other times tells me something will work and I believe him, knowing there is no guarantee, but it gives me hope I otherwise wouldn't have. That kind of lying is done for the right reasons.
SG
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