> On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:32:51 -0500, Robert Cordes DO
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Its hard to understand or respect any doctors who get mad about good
> information that shows the doctor is wrong.
> >My attending when I was a resident always welcomed new information,
> >they
> especailly thought well of a resident who proves them wrong.
> >
> In my experience, it's not that doctors don't welcome info, with some
> docs it depends on whom that info comes from. Some only welcome info
> from other doctors. Some (not all) don't like being proven wrong by
> LCs, nurses, LLLLs, etc. Julia in sunny Eden, NC
>
Another thought on this (and what I have found through experience)
is that doctors don't get mad so much at the new evidence, but at
the fact that someone didn't trust their medical advice and went
looking for a different solution.  I have found that I find much more
confrontation with doctors when I go in with my information in hand.
 I get the opinion that they wonder why I am seeing them if I've
already done the work.  Many doctors don't like their patients
taking part in managing their own health care.  There are a few
doctors out there that will actually sit down and talk about different
options, but so many just want you to follow the steps that they
line up for you.

Michelle
LLLL
Mobile, AL  USA

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