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(ABC) Fail New study finds 10% of doctors lie to patients, still promise appointments not running late   (abcnews.go.com) divider line 6
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2012-02-10 08:53:33 AM
Is this the same 10% that say it's ok to inhale your soda?
 
2012-02-10 09:26:32 AM
Only 10% of the time? Here in Canada they will lie to you several times to milk money out of the Health-care system and then send you home with antibiotics.
 
2012-02-10 09:31:07 AM
More than half of the doctors also said they did not tell their patients about all the risks or benefits of specific medical procedures.

This one makes sense, more often than not.

Doctor: Here is a pill that will cure your condition. it has a .001% risk of shutting down your kidneys.
Patient: I'm not taking a pill that's guaranteed to shut down my kidneys!

When someone is sick or ailing they are most likely scared and irrational as well. A lot of people can't intelligently process the information they are given and won't do what is in their best interest if they jump to a wrong conclusion.

That's not to say it's ok for doctors to lie to their patients, but in some cases it's certainly understandable.
 
2012-02-10 09:50:56 AM
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EVERYBODY LIES means EVERYBODY, you dumbass!
 
2012-02-10 10:18:18 AM
I just moved and I love my new doctors. If they are running behind I typically have to wait 5 minutes instead of 2.
 
2012-02-10 10:43:17 AM
Toy_Cop: Only 10% of the time? Here in Canada they will lie to you several times to milk money out of the Health-care system and then send you home with antibiotics.

This, Also as doctors in Canada are paid by the head so they always doublebook to get the most bodies through which explains why it takes longer to get through. 10% is the only amount of doctors who were honest to this. Last thing a doctor wants is a patient knowing about informed consent.
 
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