Dishonest Doctors Andrew M

Andrew M
Health

Dishonest Doctors by Dr. Otis Brawley on CNN
2/11/12


Sometimes the person in charge of your life can slip in a lie or two. Its hard to believe, that doctors - the guardians that treat people and take care of them - would even think of doing something so incredibly absurd. Yet everyday, physicians everywhere are lying to cover up their own mistakes. Now keep in mind, its human nature to fear to admit error. 
Most of these errors committed by doctors are due to misreading data, not due to negligence of a patient. A doctor will commit a mistake, and when he finds out what he has done, he is truly stuck between a rock and a hard place. He could have missed a life threatening symptom that without knowing, hurt the patient tremendously. Of course this situation is hypothetical, but if it were to happen it would give a doctor a good reason to lie. Also doctors are forced to see many patients a day. It wouldn't be uncommon for a doctor to make small mistakes that have big impacts.
But just like we were always told as kids, the truth has to be told. The truth should be told under any circumstance, but when it comes to ones health it is especially crucial. It is hard to admit a mistake, especially when dealing with ones life. However, this is no excuse. It's the doctors job to secure the health of a patient, and by keeping secrets he is doing the opposite.