[simianparrot]

Trust but verify is absolutely essential for doctors, as with most things. I’ve been given medication and told it’s perfectly safe only to find out the side effects and odds the hard way afterwards, for a symptom I should and could’ve treated with a simple dietary change. That’s my least egregious experience, even if said side effects have taken years to recover from.

Family members have had far far worse. And that’s in Norway’s healthcare system. So now I trust that they’ll mean well but verify because that’s not enough.