Trust in doctors (1 Viewer)

[pravski]

This is part of an assignment for 1st year med. Can I ask you do you trust doctors?And if not, why not?

Cheers

 

[hipsta_jess]

I do, but I think we kind of have to, in a way...its not like we can get their service elsewhere.

I mean, take fruit and veg...I buy it from my supermarket. Say I lose trust in them, I go to another supermarket. I lose trust in them, I go to a green grocer. I lose trust in them, I grow it myself...

The same can't be said for doctors. I mean, sure you can change doctors...but overall, you still need to be seeing a doctor. Its not like you can get surgery at a mechanics or electricians (well...actually, no, thats another story )

Additionally, I'm also in the health field...which means I understand medical talk a lot more than 'regular' people. It means I can self-diagnose to some extent, because I know what to look for in books or on the net, and I also know when doctors are trying to spin me a load of crap. My doctor (which is somewhat irresponsible, but anyway) has told me he tells me a lot more than he would tell a regular patient, because I know what he is on about, I know the right questions to ask to get the answers I need, and he knows I can handle hearing more 'ouch' news (haha, I think that last bit is a crock!)

 

[thejosiekiller]

i trust the docotrs i have seen- generally they have been cautious and answer any questions i have at the time...even those little annoying questions like should i worry about this **points to something on shoulder** well not really, but yeah positive experiences

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

I dun trust my medical doctor much.

Only cos i have that syndrome where I know more stuff than he does about clinical pharmacology.

Medical students and practitioners are the worse patients in the world. Can't treat them easily cos they are very difficult and its not easy to be objective with their own health.

 

[AntiHyper]

I hate the doctors I had in indonesia, they give away antibiotics there as easy as medical certificates here. The result being, my relatively weaker immunity against cold & flu.

It's good here, or must I say a lot better and I think we're all lucky

 

[+Po1ntDeXt3r+]

I hate the doctors I had in indonesia, they give away antibiotics there as easy as medical certificates here. The result being, my relatively weaker immunity against cold & flu.

It's good here, or must I say a lot better and I think we're all lucky

I dunno which part of your comment made less physiological/pathological sense.

 

[HotShot]

doctors why should we trust them? - how many of your friends do u trust? how trusworthy are your bro and sis.. it all depends on a lot of factors.
do u trust animals? do u trust ur barber? it just goes on and on.

 

[Justin]

This is part of an assignment for 1st year med. Can I ask you do you trust doctors?And if not, why not?

Cheers

Doctors are like all people who are in a position of power or a position of trust: they have the ability to abuse their power, or use it correctly.

In general, i will trust a doctor if he says that i have a strain of influenza and that to cure it i need to do this, or take this... But if i am in hospital with something major, and he wants to do something but i believe there may be a better way, than i wont trust him.

Also, Doctors are notorious for prescribing anti-biotics when they don't need to, which results in micro-organisms building up resistence to the anti-biotics which creates super-bugs (eg. menengicocal).

Sometimes you also have to question the perspective and motives of the doctor.

doctors why should we trust them? - how many of your friends do u trust? how trusworthy are your bro and sis.. it all depends on a lot of factors.
do u trust animals? do u trust ur barber? it just goes on and on.

barbers don't have to take a hypocratic oath, and don't have your life in their hands.. Unless your hair is your life.

 

[crazyhomo]

i trust me gp. he nearly always takes the time to explain to me whatever it is that's wrong. he also does not prescribe me medicine i don't need. unless time is an issue for getting over a sickness he won't give me antibiotics, or will give me a prescription and advise i don't use it unless i haven't gotten better in a couple days. when i suffered from migraines he was against giving me medicine for it, and instead insisted on figuring out what triggered them. i now know, and haven't had a migraine in almost 3 years

also, i feel as though he is completely trustworthy when it comes to keeping information private. once i had some blood taken, and a couple days later my mum called up to see if results had come in. he basically wouldn't tell her a thing because he wasn't sure that i had wanted her to know anything. i didn't actually care in this case, but it felt good to know i could tell him stuff and now have to worry about other people finding out

so basically, after having 20 years of doing me no wrong, i trust pretty much trust my doctor unconditionally

that said, i don't have an unconditional trust in "doctors", just my doctor. if i were to see another doctor, i would not automatically trust them

 

[malkin86]

I don't trust young doctors that much... maybe because my GP is about my parents' age?? I have a bit of a horror story, but it's too personal for the forum - PM me if you want to know.

 

[withoutaface]

I would jump in and give a lecture on why socialised medicine leads to untrustworthy doctors, but I'm sure none of you care, and I couldn't be fucked, so I won't.

 

[Serius]

i trust sparingly, their knowledge is greater than mine, but when i compare something they said to something i know and it doesnt fit, then i become suspisous.
Doctors are humans and so they make mistakes[except House] its smart of me to take what they say with a grain of salt and check up on anything they say or prescribe incase they made a fatal mistake, its my neck on the line afterall

iam still of the opinion that medicine isnt so much a science as it is guesswork, sore throat? well lets start you on a dose of thymyll and see what happens!

 

[HotShot]

barbers don't have to take a hypocratic oath, and don't have your life in their hands.. Unless your hair is your life.

they can well infect ur hair with diseases, by not cleaning clippers... you would be surprised of what they are capable of. u though doctors were bad givin wrong medication, barbers can murder on the spot, instead of taking years. just by single wrong snip.

 

[Serius]

trust is something that should be earnt, now if a young sri lankan doctor that i knew well tried to treat me, well i would just laugh about it

but if an older doctor who knew he shit, had a good reputation, people i know reccommend him AND ive been to him before, hes good at his job, then i will be more likely to trust his judgement

 

[stalk_if_u_dare]

I'd only trust Nurses, RNs more so.

It does help when u know half of them, cos they knew my mum.

I dont like doctors..ive only been to my GP once in 6 years. Cos mum was a nurse..but now i do have to go to my GP:mad1:

But i do trust surgoens (cant spell)...they fixed my ears, so now i can hear!

 

[Lundy]

The GP I've had for the most part of my life I'd trust with anything. Although I recently started seeing an new doctor, recommended by my regular GP, who then diagnosed me with a treatable disorder when this random doctor I'd seen previously in an emergency situation regarding the problem had one look at me and told me I was fine and it was all 'in my head'. It was late at night and he clearly had just wanted to go home, so he performed a half-arsed 'diagnosis' and sent me off. The problem persisted, which is why I had to get a second opinion.

So to answer the question, I CAN trust doctors, but I won't immediately place my trust in just any random doctor. I like to get a second opinion unless I know from previous experience I can trust him or her.

 

[Mountain.Dew]

i suppose that doctors have been placed in a high professional ranking in society, so naturally, just by appearance and status, u would trust them with your problems. seeing that IT IS so challenging (not, difficult or hard) to get into medicine and it does take time with experience to become a good doctor, i suppose its only the 'dedicated' or 'intelligent' people get to become doctors. of course, if u go into the intricate details (as many of the BOS forum members has so kindly vented their distrust towards their GPs) it is not the case. but, from the distance, and from appearance, they are seen to be trustworthy.

but, in any profession, u do get ur bad ones, and ur good ones. same with lawyers, teachers, managers, para-medicals (especially dentists *shakes head*), social workers, trades, etc...

sadly, in this fast-paced world, first impression is always important.

 

[Not-That-Bright]

I have minimal trust in doctors, if I felt a doctor was not giving me the correct advice I would consult another doctor before taking action.

 

[loquasagacious]

I find many doctors have a set prescription eg my old family gp before he died would prescribed bed-rest for virtually any ailment and when tests were inconclusive as to whether i had asthma or bronchitis he simply prescribed meds for both....

Since that I've only seen two other GPs, one did a quite good job of removing a tag, the other has a pattern of his own again. He is a big fan of prescribing anti-histamines and anti-biotics (not all bad - I go to him when I feel I need meds) and probably due to a naval background can be unsympathetic eg he essentially told a guy I know from work to suck it up and stop bitching - a stance I agreed with.

Wasn't a big fan of a GP my ex saw as it turned out I was better at reading X-rays than he was, picking the soft-tissue damage (or whatever it was) when he didnt - a great ego boost when my 'diagnosis' was confirmed by a specialist.

I suppose overall I trust doctors as they have greater knowledge in the field but if I want something explained then they had better be able to and I take everything with slight suspiscion because thats my nature.

 

[yy]

no, i don't trust my mum