It breaks my heart when I see how poorly informed patients are about their treatment options. This is true even though they have done IVF cycles in many clinics all over India. They know astonishingly little about their treatment details (some don’t even know how many eggs were collected or embryos were transferred, leave alone being able to understand the quality of their embryos). This is disappointing, especially when there is so much information available online, for free knowledge which they could use to empower themselves, to make sure they are getting the best possible medical care. When there is so much at stake, why do patients not bother to learn more?
Whose job is it to educate the patient? The standard answer is the doctor’s! After all, the word doctor is derived from the word “docere”, which means to teach, and most doctors say that we do educate our patients. We talk to…
