Apr 17, 2024
I’m fortunate that I have a doctor with whom I can have discussions in which we challenge each other. He’s an internal medicine specialist, as am I as a veterinarian. We respect each other’s knowledge and perspectives, and after we talk I almost always take his recommendation. I have found that this doctor-patient relationship is the exception. Usually it’s the paternalistic “I know best” attitude. Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no.