Unfortunately, we see a fast rising trend in litigation against medicos for wrong / under-treatment and many times for delay in rendering a right advice. It is becoming important to choose a right patient to begin with especially when you are managing your clinic or hospital. It applies to all whether a family physician, specialist or super specialist doctor. These days patients do not follow any fixed pattern in choosing their doctor! Gone are the days when a patient used to consult a GP or family physician first.
His going to a more qualified person raises his or her expectations and hopes in an impractical manner. The patient feels that going to the medical expert will cure or make the disease vanish in a jiffy for ever! There are many medical conditions which at the most can be controlled making life more livable. Therefore, we must understand that any patient going to a…
