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[Spyda]

Sorryy about your aunt. Mine got ovarian cancer, but the doctor kept treating her for the wrong things. Then she went to a different one (after a hysterectomy) for drugs that are still being tested and now she has all bumps on her arms (it's vascular). The medicine also ups the risk of heart attack and stroke and it's making her blood pressure go up really high and the doctor still doesn't want to take her off of it because he wants her stats. o.o

And then brotherr got sick so he's at the doctor and this little lady walks in and asks him questions for a while. Then she picked a medicine for him, but she wasn't "completely" sure if he should take it or not and to ask a pharmacist. .-.

There are some really good and some really bad doctors. You just neeed to know where to find them :3

[Misanthrope]

Did you know medical doctors in the United States are responsible for more deaths than car accidents?

This is not my opinion - it is fact. Were it not for the blind faith some are so comfortable with, the white coat would easily steal away the lawyer's most hated professional status. The white coat takes the Hippocratic oath to “do no harm” upon graduating from medical school, but often prestige and the almighty dollar are his true motivation. Unfortunately, many practioners I’ve had the displeasure of interacting with fall incredibly short of the philosophy of providing quality, caring service to their patients. Then there's the inhuman schedule they must endure as interns. They are taught early on the patient is the "enemy," and to churn out as many patients as possible within the shortest time frame. This sentiment is echoed by MD's the likes of Dr. Rebecca Carlie who have left the profession for this very reason.

Personally, I avoid the medical establishment like the plague and strive to maintain enough health to keep me out of their wretched clutches. I don’t need their stinkin’ vaccines or relentless drug-pushing. Ever notice how many people suddenly come down with the flu after getting their flu shots? Or how many people end up with pneumonia, staff infection, or worse after being admitted to the dreaded hospital? This is not to say the MD doesn't have his place. He is without equal in the realm of trauma treatment.

Naturopathic doctors are another story entirely, as they make a conscious decision to pursue a medical career that actually values the individual. The mainstream doctor usually takes a “one size fits all” stance that often ends in lethal results for the patient. I imagine most everyone has a horror story to this end, and I am no exception. When time allows, I will tell you what they did to my poor uncle and my own mother, bless their souls.

[rpgsearcherz]

Well something to consider about doctors is some things they don't know much about. For example, not every doctor can do brain surgery or transplants of liver and stuff.

Along with that, some doctors just got out of their medical school and all, so they are not used to being the sole person to take care of a patient. It's a lot different in "the real world."

So in terms of not understanding what to do, I can completely understand it.

[vivek2012]

Yes, there is a reason to hate the present day Doctors. As almost everybody agrees, they are clueless about the diseases in general and person whom they treat in particular!. They are treating for the sake of making the patient believe that they are doing some great thing by making him to undergo numerous pathological and other tests and arrving at a 'conclusion' that the hapless patient has a certain disease, which in their opinion though curable, would inolve a long term treatment. The 'patient' is in a classical dilema of whether to smile (for the fact that finally the learned doctor has pinpointed the particular disease) or to cry (for the fact that going by the statitics provided by other 'patients' of the same doctor, it would be a 'looooong' term of treatment, the cost of which would be difficult even for the God Almighty to arrive at!).In accordance with Ayurveda, you would, to a certain extent, be able to be your own doctor provided you keep a strict watch on your 'thoughts, words and deeds' in order to to bring in a symmetry in them. In addition, you are to have firm belief in God and yourself. There are minor disturbances in the body which are caused by unmindful actions of oneself such as pain in the arms, neck, back, etc which are immediately construed as symptoms or harbinger of a major disease such as Heart attack etc. The first thing a ignorant and wealthy person would do in case of such an eventuality is call for an ambulance immediatley and others who have little less money would be rushing towards the family physician or the nearest hosptial. The 'customer friendly' Doctor would only be a willing associate in compounding the misplaced belief of the so called heart patient by announcing that 'the timely arrival of you have just saved you from a possible death!'. The hapeless victim would be made to undergo all the tests - in accordance with the technical capacity of the hosptial concerned - and finally, if he is lucky enrough, would be allowed to go back home along with medicines weighing nearly a kilogram.

You cant blame the Doctors. You must blame yourselves. The Doctors have become doctors by spending a lot of money. They are there to retrieve it with compound interest. When you more than a willing victim to 'assist' him in achieving his goal of life, it is you, who is to be held responsible.

Of course, there are good ones among the doctors. But the strength of the class is diminishing very fast - in fact near extinction. God save the humanity from the 'Doctor-shylocks'.