Who is a good Doctor .one who simply prescribe medicines or one who says change

I am always of the opinion that a doctor's job is not just to prescribe medicines, but to advice a patient as to what one needs to do to stay healthy and avoid the problems in future. I think most doctors these days restrict themselves to prescribing medicines and make quick bucks. This is partly due to the pressure exerted on them by the hospitals who are themselves hungry for quick bucks. I think a doctor who prescribes lifestyle change is better than one who prescribes medicines. Cheers! Ram

The answer to this is ofcourse the blend of the two...... as we know neither the medicines nor the lifestyle change alone can help you at the specific time n in future. Medicines provide u the instant relief.....but dey don hav life.....disease vil recur. Lifestyle change is better option,......but it needs time 2 show effects.... So the best doctor is d one who gives the perfect balance of the two. I would like to note a point here.....4 ur knowledge n 4 oder ppl visiting dis discussion......: Doctors dese days r prescribing antibiotics 4 each n every single problem......which is leading to resistance amongst the pathogens....this is the reason why the number of diseases are increasing and the their cure becoming difficult.....Please be vigilant in what doctors prescribe you and why are they prescribing you a particular antibiotic....

I would rather go to a doctor that will tell me to change because why take a bunch of meds you don't really need that harms your body if you don't really need to if you just change your bad habits and try to correct them. Some people put to much value on the pills/meds they take. Take my mom for example she is diabetic,high blood pressure. But if she just stopped eating the things she knows is bad for her and her sugar like not eating and drinking regular pop and candy like she does and eat healthier she would be able to control her sugar way better and possibly without pills same for the blood pressure if she wouldn't eat things that that heightens it and take better care of herself she wouldn't need the pills.

Certainly a good doctor must know the history of the person and then prescribe the medicine based on this

i am agree to you that most of the diseases are due to changed lifestyle. i think just prescribing medicines is not a doctors job i think as medicine can only cure the disease for a short period .instead along with prescribing medicine doctor should giude the patients about how not to get troubled by same disease again in future.our mental state si more important if we are mentaly strong then its added advantage to be get cured soon.

I think that a healthy balance is best. What the patient does with the knowledge is their business but the doctor should make them aware.