To argue devil's advocate, how many standard GPs are at cutting edge of the science and how many follow a flowchart of if condition A, prescribe drug B?
Not really devil's advocate, your point makes a lot of sense. What I found strange is that he pretended that the "wishes" of the doctor matter at all. It's supposed to be the wishes of the patient that matter.
To argue devil's advocate, how many standard GPs are at cutting edge of the science and how many follow a flowchart of if condition A, prescribe drug B?
Not really devil's advocate, your point makes a lot of sense. What I found strange is that he pretended that the "wishes" of the doctor matter at all. It's supposed to be the wishes of the patient that matter.
In a perfect world, your Doctor would act with your best medical interests at heart and would be the preferred authority on matters medical.
But we do not live in such a world.