Jousting or criticising a doctor by another doctor to a patient is the very common practice among doctors. There are many situations in which doctors can get entrapped in jousting or criticism. The following are some commonly noticed situations where jousting or criticism is most likely to occur. Mostly it is practised when a patient comes to one for a second opinion or specialist advice or for an alternative/complementary form of treatment.
Such visits are often misused to vent one’s individual bias about the competence of other practitioners or schools of treatment.Such Doctor should reserve such comments for professional discussions in academic fora. The patient has come to get the best advice. Please Do not give him the worst of our profession — the habit of criticising others. This will only result in the patient losing faith in the profession besides a point for establishing…
