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Aristus

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9. Sounnds like a real prize.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #7)

Tue Dec 19, 2017, 12:56 PM

Dec 2017

I always explain medications and procedures to my patients, and answer all of their questions. Without doing that, a provider is not truly obtaining informed consent for whatever it is he is prescribing.

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You know the old accusation that medical providers think they're God? [View all] Aristus Dec 2017 OP

i've generally heard that accusation limited to surgeons. unblock Dec 2017 #1

You'll see that accusation a lot with primary care providers if you're ever unlucky enough Aristus Dec 2017 #2

oh, i see. playing god vs. being a god. unblock Dec 2017 #5

I've had a few of those, too. Aristus Dec 2017 #6

yup Orrex Dec 2017 #3

Yep, me too. Surgeons are the worst. Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #14

You have far more experience this than I do, so I defer to your assessment Orrex Dec 2017 #4

I quit seeing a GP that would get pissed off if I questioned him about meds or procedures he Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2017 #7

Sounnds like a real prize. Aristus Dec 2017 #9

At my college the thinking - from one of the math professors - was thus TlalocW Dec 2017 #8

Love it! 😂 Duppers Dec 2017 #13

Be glad you weren't a provider in St. Maries, Idaho, about this time last year jmowreader Dec 2017 #10

It's Idaho. I imagine a lot of transactions include a gun and threats. Aristus Dec 2017 #11

My last hospital stay was to the tune of raven mad Dec 2017 #12

We had an old crusty surgeon who thought he LeftInTX Dec 2017 #15

I like working down in the trenches of the medical profession. Aristus Dec 2017 #16