Purpose I'll explain in this post why you should get another opinion, when you should consider it, and common reasons why people don’t do this. Why you need a second opinion Perhaps you've recently been diagnosed with some hard thing: cancer, Crohn's disease. Maybe you're considering a spinal surgery to fix your low back pain. Or the meds for your chronic condition don't seem to be helping, or are making things worse.
I think that the shift in point of view to that of ownership is critical. Also, the importance of the second opinion is statistically related to the level of false positives in medical diagnoses.
And a lot of people fall into the trap of following the advice of one doctor because of a long-standing, and what is believed to be personal, relationship.
Right - there’s a perverse and implicit disincentive based on that relationship. You don’t want to be a jerk or seem like you are questioning the doctor. But it’s absolutely necessary.
I think that the shift in point of view to that of ownership is critical. Also, the importance of the second opinion is statistically related to the level of false positives in medical diagnoses.
And a lot of people fall into the trap of following the advice of one doctor because of a long-standing, and what is believed to be personal, relationship.
Right - there’s a perverse and implicit disincentive based on that relationship. You don’t want to be a jerk or seem like you are questioning the doctor. But it’s absolutely necessary.