There's a lot of arrogance in the medical community. There are good, reliable websites you can go to for information - the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins.
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I'm a terrible patient, and I find that doctors can be very condescending.
I would like the Medical Society to be one of the resources for information about the influences that have an impact on our patients and our practices.
Doctors are human; they make mistakes, and you have to stay on top of them. You have to ask the second question, the third question, the follow-up to the fourth question.
I've learnt some important lessons: I never rely on the opinion of one doctor alone. I do my own research; I read up and am ready with questions I need answered.
Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
You know, in playing a role like this, you really want to get it right, because this is a person who was revered by so many doctors, women doctors especially.
I think we are faced in medicine with the reality that we have to be willing to talk about our failures and think hard about them, even despite the malpractice system. I mean, there are things that we can do to make that system better.
Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients.
If I can help it, I don't go to modern doctors.
I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.
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