2006-09-13 07:29:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Why do you think they call it "practising" medicine?
2006-09-13 07:31:08 · answer #1 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Given the incredibly broad scope of information available in the field of medicine it's understandable. However, that is why we are required to specialize, then we work closely with highly regarded experts in the field of specialization before we see patients on our own. Then, unless the medical insurance companies get to dictate how many bodies we have to move through the door each hour (which almost all do), we have access to knowledge base experts and colleagues to help with any particularly difficult or unusual diagnoses. Bottom line, however, is that doctors are human. We screw up sometimes. But a good doctor has processes and methods in place to minimize or eliminate that risk.
2006-09-13 14:40:28 · answer #2 · answered by Pundit 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am very aware of how little doctors in my area know, but that does not apply to all doctors. What do you mean by first quality? I know a few "first quality" docs that knows less than I do. There are a few good docs out there that really care and try to help, you just have to keep looking to find one.
2006-09-13 14:32:43 · answer #3 · answered by skipped82451 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.The newly qualified doctors at our local hospital sent my mother home after telling us it was constipation,after a week of tests.One week later,and really ill,she was re-admitted...eventually. Senior doctors diagnosed cancer of the stomach.She passed away 10 months later. Doctors either don't have enough training or common sense. My brother had a bad fall and was told by one of our family doctors to take some paracetamols. Turned out he had a fractured skull. I have no trust in them any longer
2006-09-13 14:40:02 · answer #4 · answered by Taylor29 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am aware, that's why nurses are so important to have at the bedside! But seriously, doctors have a really good hierarchy that they can go through when they don't know the answer to something. It's not like you ask them a question and they just make something up and hope it works, they ask when they don't know.
2006-09-13 14:36:11 · answer #5 · answered by Nursen' 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'm a medical student.i'll tell u my side of the story.i worked really hard for 2 years to get into a medical school.then another one year i sacrificied everything to pass medical school tests and to get accepted into a medical school.now i'm in a medical school.i'll spend 6 years studying for countless hours studying to graduate.then i'll spend 4 or 5 years as a resident.as a resident i'll work day and night in a hospital sacrificing my sleep,friends and family.as my residency comes to an end i'll be wearing glasses and my hair will start to grow white and in no time i'll eventually become bald.i'll have to work really hard and step aside of the normal life u humans have.i'll have to bear many harsh things.now u may be the best judge.
2006-09-13 14:50:41 · answer #6 · answered by Ehab Khan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doctors are only people, humans. they are not perfect.
they are not gods. usually they do know more than the
patient, which is why they get paid to help with health stuff.
Are you aware of how little people know when they first
graduate from high school? Or beginning drivers just passing their driver's test? Or brand new teachers? How about hairdressers?
doctors are no different.
2006-09-13 14:37:42 · answer #7 · answered by Sufi 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ill take my chances with someone who has spent the 12 years in school studying.
2006-09-13 14:36:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
'little' compared to what??
they've spent over 8 years in school studying; they obviously know enough to pass their classes and graduate
2006-09-13 14:34:07 · answer #9 · answered by Ellen N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They know more than I do.
2006-09-13 14:37:04 · answer #10 · answered by jboatright57 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋