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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Take charge of your medical care
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Web searches have given patients access to more medical information than ever before. This is a good thing, because they have much less time to spend with the doctors they visit, according to a recent New York Times aritcle. One oncologist in Pennsylvania says of patient reseach, “I don’t think people have a choice — it’s mandatory.”
Still, there are dangers in self-diagnosing. Web searches return the bad information with the good, and interpreting medical study results and statistics can be a confusing enterprise.
And not every doctor wants to work with a patient who thinks they know better. Clearly, the patient-doctor relationship is going through some growing pains.
What about you? How active are you in your treatment? Has it ever caused friction between you and your doctor or does he/she listen to what you have to say?
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