Posted by mair on May 17, 2002, at 7:34:10
In reply to Your Pdoc » SusanG, posted by IsoM on May 17, 2002, at 2:37:44
I had an experience with an ex-pdoc when I was trying to decide on an augmentation drug. He gave me about 7 articles from a scientitfic jounal to read. I don't have a background in science and I found it very difficult to understand what I was reading. I ended up feeling pretty overwelmed and angry. I think some doctors are into the notion that patients have to make their own decisions and of course they're concerned with informed consent. But you have to give your patient the tools to make those decisions and that may not mean giving them overly technical info and it certainly doesn't mean just throwing the decision back in their lap. This woman doesn't listen and seemed to have no regard for your concerns. Unless you've had some very positive experiences with her in the past and it's clear she was just having a bad day, I agree with Phil that you need to find another doctor no matter how inconvenient. If you have had some real positive experiences with her, then you have to thrash this out with her before you commit to staying.
Mair
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