Thursday, July 24, 2008

Ask the doctor

Most of us tend to or rather prefer to keep quite when we are ill and undergoing medical checkout. We provide feedback and responds only when the doctor asks us specific questions and even so most of the answers from us are usually either a short yes or no.

With easy access to medical information via the Internet, it is high time that patients should engaged in more active dialogues with the doctor so as to enable both the doctor and us patient to better understand our medical condition and also to enable the doctor to provide the most appropriate medical treatment based on our conditions.

Don’t be shy or afraid to ask doctor so as to further understand your medical situation.
Of course some doctors has pride and do not like to be question by the patients. Some doctors deem it a waste of their time when patient ask too many questions. Regardless, who else better understand your body apart from yourself?

If you like to know more about health, go check out the following.
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home.html
The site contains lots of brief but good information that touches on various health topics and concerns.

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