“It’s become clear to me that we as physicians and a healthcare system have lost the trust of the public, and I think it’s time we talk openly about what we as a medical community can do to gain it back.”
What physicians say publicly to and about their patients is important to preserving the public’s need to maintain that trust.
If doctors truly don’t want their patients to seek health information online, they need to do this: create a prescription pad-like list of credible online health resource links that they will feel comfortable sharing with every patient.
“Patients have every right to be suspicious of a system so dysfunctional as to deny them care in the name of profit. Look at the behavior of drug manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers, insurance companies, and hospitals — they all prioritize profits over patient care.”
Lynch Syndrome Ireland 