Tramadol….

Xanax valium. Xanax. No prescription xanax….

While I have a great amount of respect for the amount of schooling that a doctor must endure in order to become a practitioner, the primary reason that there’s a disconnect between patients and doctors is arrogance/hubris on the doctor’s part.

I worked in the communications department of a Boston hospital for about two years, and had to leave because I was stunned at the level of doctors’ arrogance and hubris.

I never worked in such a stifling, conservative environment where progress and patient care were secondary to doctors being published and obtaining grant money. Instead of focusing on moving cancer research from “bench to bedside,” doctors were far too engaged in heated competition for grant money and publishing bragging rights to share information between labs.

After my experience at this center, I’m not at all surprised that we’re still losing the war on cancer that Richard Nixon declared about 35 years ago. Patients aren’t stupid, and can sense this arrogance. This sense, combined with the fact that nurses tend to manage the daily care of patients, is why patients don’t trust doctors, and why they place Webcams in their children’s rooms. Quite frankly, I don’t blame parents for placing a Webcam in their child’s hospital room.

The answer to this particular question is partially answered by the criminalization and incarceration of people with untreated and undertreated mental illness. Over 50% of all inpatient psych care is administered in prisons.

Maybe our police are more effective? One can always hope.

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