Interview a physician

[Arab Nights (imported)]

I am wondering if anyone has "interviewed" a new doctor to be sure he is willing to work with other opinions. I would like to find a specialist who is also open to discussion about exploring non-prescription solutions to an issue. I have run across a couple of doctors who I think are the my-way-or-the-highway personality types and do not want to waste either my time or the time of that personality type.

Has anyone "interviewed" a doctor to be sure he is OK with what you want to do and how did it go? Do you do it in the context of making an appointment for an initial consultation?

Thanks

[paring (imported)]

You dream of a perfect world. Unfortunately, this is not possible in North america. There are certainly some doctors more liberal but it's the medical authority who rule everything and they are just as conservative as the catholic church. Doctors have to follow theirs rules or else they're going to lose theirs right to practice. Whether you choose one or the other it's all going to be the same. All you have left to choose is the sex or the personality. I must to admit that some are more pleasant than others.

[Wellesley (imported)]

Is it that bad there?

I thought if one has the cash then in the US it is better?

[paring (imported)]

In Asia doctors are more liberal, they haven't the same religious back ground as we do in america. Think of it, abortion is outlawed in most states.

Is it that bad there?

I thought if one has the cash then in the US it is better?

[A-1 (imported)]

Is it that bad there?

I thought if one has the cash then in the US it is better?

Trouble is, THEY have all of the cash... LOL!laugh:

[tugon (imported)]

I live in a small city where we have one hospital and many of the doctor's are employees of the hospital. There are a few doctors that work outside the hospital's reign of terror. I hear people advise to tell the doctor what to do but the next one is bound to follow the scope of practice set by the hospital. Sure there is choice but you only choose from more of the same.

I briefly had a great doctor who was not afraid of what I am. He even welcomed and read the surveys done on the EA. Sadly he went back to teaching. Oh well maybe he is passing along all I shared with him to a new generation of doctors.

[Wellesley (imported)]

In Asia doctors are more liberal, they haven't the same religious back ground as we do in america. Think of it, abortion is outlawed in most states.

Hmmmm

Yes, I can definitely agree with that. The flip side though is that malpractice lawsuits are virtually unheard of. My wife's malpractice insurance for a clinic is about 3500USD per year. It is part of the fees paid to the local and regional medical association.

I am still very strongly of the opinion that if women can have radical elective mastectomy, hysterectomy, oophorectomy etc surgeries on the basis that they have a cancer risk then it is highly hypocritical to not allow men to have orchiectomy surgeries for the same reason. If a man lives long enough the risk of prostate cancer is nearly 100% (ok not everyone lives to 120 years old...

I was advised after 3 weeks of treatment (given my previous history of orchiopexy surgeries) to have a right orchiectomy by a pair of urologists (female). The surgeon at the hospital in Kamakura (near Tokyo Japan) needed my wife's consent (not mine, haha Asia strikes again) From the time I initially presented with chronic pain symptoms to orchiectomy was maybe 3 weeks total. I think more like just over 18 days.

For the left orchiectomy again it was my wife's consent that was needed. Granted it was much more accepted as she was 100% sterile at that time (asexual as well, following a radical hysterectomy)

Oddly enough quality of life is figured into the equation in Japan at least.

[gareth19 (imported)]

In Asia doctors are more liberal, they haven't the same religious back ground as we do in america. Think of it, abortion is outlawed in most states.

Obviously, you haven't heard of Roe v Wade.

[transward (imported)]

I am wondering if anyone has "interviewed" a new doctor to be sure he is willing to work with other opinions. I would like to find a specialist who is also open to discussion about exploring non-prescription solutions to an issue. I have run across a couple of doctors who I think are the my-way-or-the-highway personality types and do not want to waste either my time or the time of that personality type.

Has anyone "interviewed" a doctor to be sure he is OK with what you want to do and how did it go? Do you do it in the context of making an appointment for an initial consultation?

Thanks

I think you need to be a bit more specific about what "other options" you are talking about. I knew a doctor who worked in Navajo country around the Four Corners area, and was quite comfortable working with the Navajo healers; a lot of doctors will work w/ acupuncturists these days; and, while when I was young most MDs considered all chiropractors frauds, now many orthopedic practices have them on staff. And most doctors are willing to try dietary and lifestyle changes before more invasive medical treatment if the situation is not critical.

Much of the problem is how the question is approached. Read comments on any anti-vaccination site, or any of the web sites devoted to questionable diseases, Fibromyalgia, Morgellons Disease or chronic Lyme's Disease. They are full of rants about Big Pharma/Big Medical Establishment conspiracies. If you approach a doctor with that attitude and imply that a 15 minute web search trumps his twelve years of medical education and experience and demand he give you what you want and imply he is part of a vast conspiracy, he is not likely to work with you. A "Come let us reason together" approach is probably most likely to work. This can really be a problem for trans people because, often they do know more about their condition than their doctor, but if they are too assertive it can easily backfire.

Transward

[smoothie36 (imported)]

If our constitution were as respected and protected as well as the 10 commandments are we would be in that perfect world we dream of.