With kudos to Dr. Emily Gibson for writing this and Kevin, MD, for posting it here.
Here's are excerpts of the beginning and end portions:
I’m really miserable and need that 5 day antibiotic to get better faster.
Ninety eight percent of the time it is a viral infection and will resolve without antibiotics.
. . .
So you spent all that time in school just to tell people they don’t need medicine?
I believe I help people heal themselves and educate them about when they do need medicine.
I’m going to go find a real doctor.
A real doctor will first do no harm. I wish you the best.
1 comment:
This is the downside of the 'informed patient' - the pseudo-informed patient who fails to do his research, even when this stuff has been all over the lay press. Good for Dr. Gibson; if all physicians had the patience and integrity to educate like this, over time things might change.
nonlocal MD
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