tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563317601709118878.post25696126238664033..comments2023-08-17T07:23:43.888-07:00Comments on Physician, Heal Thyself: Patient Trust: Web Edging Out Doctors!Dr. Jesse Shantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676710123196046808noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563317601709118878.post-64190067572465884882008-11-11T19:59:00.000-08:002008-11-11T19:59:00.000-08:00Thanks Shannon for the comment. I always find it ...Thanks Shannon for the comment. I always find it hard to believe that doctors haven't learned the difference between 'Not Physiologically Likely' and 'Can't Possibly Happen'. It's like denying a chiropractor can heal ailments. Who am I to make pronouncements about that? Stay tuned for a new website that I'm involved in that will give patients even more opportunity to find the information that matters online. It's coming soon!Dr. Jesse Shantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676710123196046808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563317601709118878.post-86850505071084186672008-11-11T14:27:00.000-08:002008-11-11T14:27:00.000-08:00There has certainly been a change in the way patie...There has certainly been a change in the way patients view the medical profession. Patients are more educated (generally) and having access to the internet may or may not be beneficial. I can understand a doctor rolling their eyes whenever a patient starts a sentence with "I read on the internet..." but doctors are going to have to adapt. You are right that many doctors are offended when their clinical judgement is questioned. But even more, most doctors aren't really willing to take the full amount of time necessary to really listen to what patients have to say. That only pushes patients to find answers elsewhere. Like online. More than once I have felt dismissed when I questioned a doctor's course of treatment. Like a specific reaction to a certain medicine which I was told was not possible. But a doctor insisted that I was wrong. I understood his reasons for believing this and I am an intelligent person. I considered his suggestions for what might have caused the reaction instead, but concluded that these did not apply in my case. so where does that leave me? Unable to take a medication because of a life-threatening reaction, but with a doctor who is refusing to give me any more advice on the alternatives because he disagrees with me. There has to be some common ground. While I totally respect my doctor's knowledge and expertise and usually would let him be "the expert", I alone am the expert on my own body and it's feelings. Doctors have to be willing to say there might be an exception. Yes, that will take more time. But it might result in better care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com