Hello Dennis,

I cannot answer your question regarding numbers as it depends on the maturity of the person. But I could turn your question around and ask how many physicians view the physician/patient as a partnership?

I was brought up in South Africa and certainly at that stage the relationship was considered more as a partnership (with physicians also welcoming that the person consult another specialist to get another opinion). However in Spain where I live now that attitude is not normal and does not seem to be very welcome! Which tell me a lot about the relationship.

Warm regards Tina

Tina: Depends on how busy, besieged, pummeled, the physician is at a time, over a time interval.

Dennis

Dennis Mazur

The relationship must be viewed as a partnership or the relationship cannot work. Most physicians I've known have, even the best, assumed superior knowledge, often superior intellectual attributes, that have little connection to reality. I liken physicians to car mechanics-a much closer connection. I create such a relationship here in the UK (soon to be domiciled elsewhere) by going private. Money is a great equaliser!

Is this a "partnership" with both parties of

1. "Equal knowledge" within the "same field";

2. "Equal knowledge" in "different fields";

3. Or otherwise?

Dennis

Dennis Mazur

Sorry Dennis, I think a great deal of medical knowledge is disputable. My research indicates flawed thinking and evaluation methods. If a doctor tells me he/she knows best I know I possibly going to have a lot of pain, remain unnecessarily ill or worse.