Do you trust your doctors?

[ClunkiestTurtle]

Ok so after reading a lot of stories like this

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153104813&ocid=today

I have been thinking about just how easily we are prepared to go under the knife in the hands of someone who we know very little about other then that they supposedly must of passed med school at some point or another.

So while i understand that cases like these are statistically dwarfed by the successful cases that aren't worth being made public my question is firstly do we too easily entrust people with our safety just because we assume they are professionals?

And my second question is that with the facts that are presented in that particular case this guy is going to likely get a LOT of compensation for this so to all the guys out there would you loose a testicle to get rich, and do you have a price in mind?

 

[Matt_LRR]

Ok so after reading a lot of stories like this

http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153104813&ocid=today

I have been thinking about just how easily we are prepared to go under the knife in the hands of someone who we know very little about other then that they supposedly must of passed med school at some point or another.

So while i understand that cases like these are statistically dwarfed by the successful cases that aren't worth being made public my question is firstly do we too easily entrust people with our safety just because we assume they are professionals?

And my second question is that with the facts that are presented in that particular case this guy is going to likely get a LOT of compensation for this so to all the guys out there would you loose a testicle to get rich, and do you have a price in mind?

I'll put my health in the hands of a medical professional before I'll put my health in the hands of anyone else.

And while I do trust them, the real question is what alternative do you have? homeopathy, alt-med, and naturalistic 'medicine' flatly don't work, and there's a ton of stuff out there that is simply beyond a person's ability to treat on their own with rest and chicken soup.

You either trust in the medical profession, or you end up untreated.

-m

 

[Jamieson 90]

Yes of course I do, I have never had a bad experience with a doctor and any problems have always been dealt with great, I should know I was very accident prone as boy

 

[Crimson_Dragoon]

We have to assume medical professionals are well trained and trustworthy. Yes, there may be a few who aren't, but its better to take the risk by going under the knife than dying of something that didn't get treated because you were too afraid of getting a bad doctor.

 

[XJ-0461]

Yeah, I trust my doctors.

It's either trust your doctor or stay ill at best and hope the problem goes away/let it get worse. I'll take the former before I go to the latter.

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

I'll put my health in the hands of a medical professional before I'll put my health in the hands of anyone else.

And while I do trust them, the real question is what alternative do you have? homeopathy, alt-med, and naturalistic 'medicine' flatly don't work

It's all the power of the mind, maaaaaaaan. Dara O'Brien has quite a bit to say about Homeopathy.

We do get some rather odd doctors though, come to think of it. Sometimes you have to wonder how they ever got to Med School.

But I'll still trust them. They know science!

And seriously: Why is it so hard to differentiate correctly between the word "lose" (i.e. to have lost something) and "loose" (i.e. free, not firmly fixed etc.)? Sorry, but I had to correct it this time.

 

[Claymorez]

I trust them to look after me as I expect people to trust me to do my best at my future job as a doctor

 

[Erja_Perttu]

I trust The Doctor. I'd happily trust him with my life.

In more relevant terms, after having some very bad contraceptive advice from a male doctor, I now only trust female doctors. Stupid men, trying to screw with my ovaries. They're mine dammit!

 

[mip0]

NO! Stupid prostate exam >(

 

[JanatUrlich]

Yeah sure! I'm currently trying to get the IUD and the doctor's I've talked to have been really good!

My normal doctor is an absolute dick though haha. I trust his opinion but you have to be dying to really get his attention. He doesn't like people who aren't extremely ill. Dr Sanchez you have my heart you awful man <3

 

[JanatUrlich]

Yeah sure! I'm currently trying to get the IUD and the doctor's I've talked to have been really good!

My normal doctor is an absolute dick though haha. I trust his opinion but you have to be dying to really get his attention. He doesn't like people who aren't extremely ill. Dr Sanchez you have my heart you awful man <3

 

[NotAPie]

Yeah, what options do I really have anyway?
Besides I'm aiming to become a doctor. YOU BETTER FUCKING TRUST ME
edit: I hate my doctor though....

 

[TehCookie]

I've never been to the doctors so I wouldn't know.

The only thing I don't like about them is the fact they can't trust you. You shouldn't need a prescription to get medicine, if you're sick I'm pretty sure you know better than anyone else. If I get a cut that looks infected I would like to be able to get antibiotics without having to show a doctor and have him go "yup that's infected".

 

[Ironic Pirate]

I used to. USED to.

http://www.cracked.com/article_16302_8-medical-terms-your-doctor-uses-insult-you.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_17429_the-6-most-terrifying-medical-malpractice-cases-ever.html

 

[Julianking93]

How exactly do you mistakenly cut of someone's nut?

OT, yes and no. Mostly no because doctors will prescribe you with a bullshit disease just so they can make money.

Take this for example; my doctors have told me I have a mild form of asperger's and told me I have to buy this medicine to reduce the effects of it. In actuality, I have no such case of asperger's. I may have weird mannerisms but that doesn't make me fucking autistic.

Plus, I hate how doctors have to put a label on everything. If someone has even the slightest strange personality trait, they'll put a name to it and say it's a disorder. Bull fucking shit.

 

[FalloutJack]

I trust my doctors.

I don't see them often enough for them to form a bad opinion about me and they get circulated around to other hospitals regularly, so it's not like I'll ever run into the fiendish madman, Dr. Killpatient.

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

Yes, I'd trust a doctor. Who cares if they made a little mistake?
I'm sure the man can survive with just one teste...
After all, living with none is easy enough...
*Was still scared when they went to see the GP on Friday*

 

[Loves2spooge]

I'd probably trust my doctor if I could see him. It's fucking impossible to get an appointment.

Before I moved I had a wonderful doctor, and I could see her when I wanted; now, I get tonsillitis I've gotta call at the crack of dawn and play the appointment lottery, just so I can get some penicillin.

You know what, fuck my doctor, he's probably the next Harold Shipman anyway...