Think like a doctor?

1. No one cares about your health as much as you do. Solving your medical problem is not as simple as consulting your medical doctor and expect everything to be OK. A poor patient-doctor relationship will lead to poor outcome.
2. An interesting site to learn how to think like a doctor: http://www.thinklikeadoctor.com/
3. Also, you may wish to review the article in this blog: Doctors trade secrets.
4. A lot of reading is required if you do not want to fall into the trap of being gullible and influenced by unscrupulous people taking advantage of your weaknesses.
5. Your initial readings may result in you feeling confused. But do not give up as your persistence and more facts will reduce your confusion. The internet has provided a great opportunity for information and knowledge to be made available to the public. However, you may need to differentiate sites that are more credible than others. My opinion is that the government sites (sites with the ".gov" extension) are relatively more credible than those with ".com" extension.
6. Another interesting book with the title: How Doctors Think is worthy of reading by both patients and doctors. It pinpoints why doctors succeed and why they err.
7. Will you look at your doctor the same way again? No doctor is perfect. As long as they have your best interest in mind, your doctor is the right doctor.
8. It is also important for you to know what a medical emergency is. Medical emergency problems require immediate attention by doctors in a hospital setting. Its sad to know how some patients take medical emergencies lightly resulting in preventable deaths. You should know where your nearest hospital is as most hospitals should have an emergency (ER) or accident and emergency department. Do not wait as most hospitals are open 24 hours/day.
9. I hope you stay healthy and happy.

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