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| Yes | 17% | 76 votes | Total: 436 votes | |
| No | 83% | 360 votes |
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I have worked with many doctors in my profession. I would be failing miserably if I did not write for the trusted side of this debate. Most doctors that I have known h...read more
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by Vicki Brown
Can anyone be fully trusted? Doctors are humans like the rest of us. Some are better than others and I find it hard to judge them as a whole. I have a complex misunderstood illn...read more
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The question about whether or not to trust doctors is really about whether or not to trust ourselves. We are not taught to listen to our inner voice, our 'gut' feelings in this...read more
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by Kim Sharpe
A person has got to find trust somewhere. And that means that if you go to a doctor who you have researched and who has an excellent reputation then at some point you need to ...read more
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by Libbie Reed
Can doctors be fully trusted? Trusted to do what? Make an accurate diagnosis? Prescribe the most desirable treatment? Act ethically and unequivocally in your best interest? ...read more
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by CLPinCOLO
I have a little brother, well not so little now. He is now 24 years old. At the age of 4 he was having severe headaches and pain shooting down his side. The doctors said he need...read more
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I'm choosing the "Yes" point of view but it is not unqualified. Take any group of people, cops, doctors, parents, children; not everyone in that category can be trusted. What a ...read more
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Doctors are licensed practitioners who work in various branches of medicine, from pediatricians to neurosurgeons, from physicians to surgeons, and others related to the medical ...read more
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by Becky Rainer
In this world of increased doctors and specialties, the increased number of nurses and health care workers, can any physician be totally trusted? It seems that for every 'cond...read more
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No, you cannot always trust doctors that treat you. My main reason for saying that is because people know their bodies better than anyone else. Also remember that as a patient i...read more
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by Shirley Lake
Medical mistakes happen. Hundreds, nay, thousands of them. Every day, every year. Medical treatment, it was reported in 1999, tallied up between 44,000 and 98,000 deaths that ye...read more
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by Sonya Olson
In my personal opinion, I do not think doctors should fully be trusted. Whether or not they have an attachment or a need to feel as if they need to tell you what you want to he...read more
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Trust your doctor at your own peril. The old joke asks, "What do you call the guy who got a "D" in medical school?" The answer is, "Doctor." We can't assume the guy or ga...read more
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by Vonda Sines
I would love to think doctors can be fully trusted. However, 30 years' treatment for a chronic condition proves otherwise. My most recent excursion to the hospital only rein...read more
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by John Gugie
No, I do not believe that doctors can be fully trusted. Doctors are only humans and humans make mistakes. In my opinion, I believe that some doctors have a God complex. Some...read more
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by Aimee Mendel
At the risk of being didactic, I suppose a clearer definition of being fully trusted might be helpful. Medicine is no different from other disciplines; some doctors love what th...read more
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The question on the floor is: Can doctors be fully trusted? Because we are human beings and fallible, and because the human heart and mind is so unpredictable, my opinion on...read more
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At one time the old family doctor used to know you and all your family.He knew your home circumstances and what might or might not have any affect on what you were seeing him ab...read more
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by maddie rose
Can doctors be fully trusted? No. We should never take for granted what the doctor says is always the truth. For a lot of us, seeing the doctor last a full eight minutes, whi...read more
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by Nisha Danny
Doctors are licensed medical practitioners. Yet they could cause errors knowingly or unknowingly. They may offer diagnosis and treatment for injuries and sickness. But doctors a...read more
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To become a physician one must go to four years of undergraduate college majoring in pre-med, four years of medical school, two years as an intern, and finally an undetermined n...read more
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by Sezin Piotruszewicz Koehler
Currently there is a lot of talk about informed consumers and how individuals are becoming more and more aware of the variety of choices regarding what and how they will consume...read more
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I am not sure they can be trusted! Maybe if you had a group of consultants altogether, where they were diagnosing a patient with a certain condition that all the doctors had pr...read more
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Due to the unethical activities of some medical researchers, measures have been taken by the relevant authorities to ensure that the interest of the vulnerable population is pro...read more
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by Ruth Smith
A subject so dear to my own heart: Trust your doctor...I might add...with your life? There is the rub...who really cares about your life as much as you and you alone...that is.....read more
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An old adage but worthy of remembering. "There is good and bad in all of us!" Trust is something that takes on a mythical quality even if a simple definition is attached. Does i...read more
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Can doctors be trusted? To a certain degree, yes. But fully trusted? I wouldn't bet the farm on it. Physicians are required to carry malpractice insurance clearly because ...read more
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