The word doctor is derived from the word docere, which means to teach. This means an integral part of every doctor's job should be to educate their patients. However, lots of doctors are selfish, and want to hoard the knowledge. They refuse to share it with their patients. Thus, some doctors get irritated when patients ask them questions and they say things like, "Don't try to cross examine me.
And if you ask me questions, that means you don't trust me. And that means you should find another doctor. And if you want me to be your doctor, you need to trust me and not ask me any questions at all." While most doctors are happy to explain to patients what they are doing for them, it's not enough just to do this one on one in the privacy of our consulting rooms. As doctors, if we want to show society that we stand up for our patients, we need to be much more generous with our medical…
