A simple tip for peace of mind … for the modern patient

Preamble A patient who had a PCI some time back , asked me in one of his recent visit. Doctor what is microvascular endothelial dysfunction and erosison ? Am I at risk of developing it ? What am I supposed to answer ? Yes, I some how managed .” Don’t worry , it is a complex biological phenomenon. you need not go deeper into that. Take medicines regularly” He wasn’t happy with my answer is a different story. A simple tip for peace of mind … for the modern patient If the current generations of patients , equipped with hyper-knowledge engines, insist to understand 100% about their illness, imagine the consequences to the global healing system ,that has so many ground level issues to bother about. One unofficial estimate from an elite , professional academic chatterbox of medicine suggests that the knowledge base with which doctors diagnose, treat, and understand the diseases they tackle, is at best 15%. Pateints need not be thankful , but atleast understand we are for working around with 85% ignorance, and still tries to bring out the best. I am sure this is a fact, no one can disagree ,regardless of the presence or absence of evidence to support it. Final message It might appear fair if someone argues blind faith in a trusted physician or hospital could end up as unscientific or unethical. But,what they fail to realize is, sciences’ blindness can be much darker, especially when it comes to the outcome of tre...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: patient education ai in medicine faith trust in doctors patient behaviour patient empowerment technology in mediine Source Type: blogs