More educated patient is harder to cure.

Dear Laurika, You are right. I have also felt like this. If the patient who has studied and are more knowledgeable about day to day life are difficult patients. They will never believe what the doctors tell them. They try to find out the answers themselves and compare it with doctor's sayings. That happened to my Father. We are homeopaths and have been so from our Grandfather's ( father's father ) times. so we know how to look after ourselves and our family. Only if we think we cannot do anything about it, we go to the hospitals, otherwise we don't. I have not been to a doctor for any illness till now. I had said even before that I am like your mother... All the best

Although your mum may be an exception, many educated women may very well know better than the doctor, because quite a few doctors are not at that well educated, as statistics will bear out when you look at the amount of iatrogenic illness here in the US and around the world. The term iatrogenic illness is not known to a lot of people, but it simply means "illness caused by the doctor/s" and more information on this can be found here: http://www.iatrogenic.org/

I went to school to be a Medical Assistant and have took a few other medical classes. After I broke my leg, I went to see an orthopedic surgeon. I mentioned to I had been doing Range Of Motion. Why did I do that? He started talking in medical terms and completely lost me. I have since learned to keep my mouth shut, LOL.

Hello dear laurika. I think that it doesn't have to be well-educated before one knows quite a few things about medication. Why do I say so? You know, in our daily life, we can often some people say that they could be doctors as they have been suffering from a certain disease for a long time. It is just this kind of experience that he has already had that makes him get to know more about one specific area of medication. Of course, a better-educated person knows more than a so-so-educated, I guess. Thanks.

Well as I have found over many years there are some doctors that your mom wellmay be better educated than so maybe she is right up there with her doctor. Of course she should listen to the doctor but doctors are not gods and they do make mistakes. do not underestimate your mom and she has a right to have the doctor that she will trust. An educated person will usually demand a really good doctor.

Actually, many American cancer patients know as much if not more than their doctor does about their condition because they have done the research. There is a point where a person does have to know as much or more than their doctor because then they would know what questions to ask. Sometimes, if they ask the right question, they will get the right treatment. Otherwise, it could be a matter of the doctor saying "There is nothing to worry about" when you actually have advanced cancer (I have heard many women on my cancer support group say that). I will listen to a doctor, but I will also do my own research and if the two don't agree, I will show what I found to the doctor. Often, they don't know everything. I hope your mom is doing better.

My former roommate's mother wasn't all that educated, but she thought she knew better than anyone. the former roommate and I had to play "good daughter/bad roommate" like good cop/bad cop on her to get her to listen to any kind of reason.