| >A few people have problems with medical professionals. >"Death by medical error or accident is the nation's leading cause of accidental death" Trust the "leading cause of accidental death". Medical training is extremely limited. Physicians literally don't understand how any of the drugs they prescribe work, and the standard operating procedure is to memorize 2-3 drugs out of one class and never prescribe anything else in that class. Physicians are constrained by: their hospital policy, HMO incentives, civil liability, criminal liability, boards, legislation, insurance rates, personal biases, past unique experiences, influence of their mentors, weather, bad knees, bad marriage, whatever. Sometimes they are just having a shit day. Some keep practising to the point they are so senile they attempt to sign a prescription with the syringe needle (witnessed that myself). They are just humans. Rather greedy humans, most of the time. They will never be fully frank with you. 3rd opinion? People often seen 5+ physicians, and spend 10+ years to get a proper diagnosis. |