Thread by @docbhooshan

When you approach a doctor with some problem, you are vulnerable. You will readily accept "intervention/treatments".

Sometimes your doctor wil send you away without offering intervention/treatments. Because -
1. It is normal occurrence. No disease.

2. Your misconceptions need correction not your body.
3. It is a self limiting condition.
4. Intervention will make it worse. Better to wait and let it disappear.
5. Too early to identify precise problem. Not enough data. Better to wait for more data to emerge.

6. You get hassled by small issues, need to learn to live with some as long term health strategy.
And some more.

Such doctors are pure gold. Cherish them.

They are turning away a willing to investigate/get treatment patient because they are ethical.

Many patients feel that you are incompetent or don't care therefore u are turning them away.

I would pay more for a doctor who rightly tells me to ignore/wait/come back later/tolerate my issues than the one who jumps the gun readily (but ignoring "masterly inactivity" as option)

"emotional healing" is at the top of list of needs of "patients".

It is a legitimate human need. I agree.

Is it fair to expect it as top priority from a modern medical practitioner everytime you meet them?

Are we getting more infantile as a society ?
Do we constantly need hand holding and soothing ?
Is anxiety THE top problem in every healthcare interaction ?

Please don't quote Osler. He didn't have internet, automobiles and insurance.