[foepys]

I was told recently that there is already change happening. Medical students are being told that they need to work with the patient, not on them.

Nobody knows their symptoms and illness better than the patient themselves. A doctor looks at them for 5 minutes, the patient lives with them so not including the patient in the diagnostic process is like working with a blindfold on.

[ziml77]

That's how good doctors have done it as far back as I can remember. If the person you're seeing isn't involving you in the process and trying to get the whole picture, you should try a different doctor. You don't have to stick with a doctor just because they're the closest or the one you happened to choose first.

[arpa]

there are also ideas about patient empowerment (since last century). Medical community is not the most flexible, but we'll get there.