| Have you ever asked doctor the reason for your | | | | everything like car, house etc., by himself, by the |
| sickness? Or why it has occurred? If not asked | | | | time a person completes MBBS and MD courses. |
| anytime, do it when you go to doctor next time. | | | | So, the person after completing his medicine tries |
| They are afraid that they will lose patients, if they | | | | to establish a good practice as early as possible, |
| provide technically accurate response that is | | | | since they feel they are already too late. This can |
| suitable for educated patients. Since only a small | | | | be achieved by having a good medical practice, |
| number of people behave in an "educated" | | | | which means they need to cater to many kinds |
| manner, doctors hesitate to give good advice for | | | | of educational backgrounds to come to them. |
| a variety of reasons. The most important reason | | | | Patients do not cooperate with doctor |
| being first to survive | | | | Doctors try to provide best treatment to |
| Clinic requires lot of patients to make it viable | | | | patients by saying good things. However, there |
| After the completion of medicine, person will not | | | | will be old-fashioned patients who are not |
| be immediately appointed as a doctor in hospital | | | | educated and may strongly disagree with the |
| as they are already preoccupied with well | | | | suggestions given by doctors. For example when |
| established and experienced doctors in good | | | | doctors suggest that consumption of citrus fruits |
| number. Moreover, there will be social pressure to | | | | like oranges reduces cold, old fashioned patients |
| earn money. So, a person after completion of | | | | are not aware of this and claim that taking of |
| medicine should establish small health center like | | | | these fruits causes cold. If Dalai Lama, a great |
| clinic and provide treatment to people for some | | | | peace preacher approaches Afghanistan terrorists |
| time period. In order to handle expenses like | | | | and preach them about peace and its importance |
| office rents, advance to place, pay salaries to | | | | for few minutes, will they change their attitude? |
| attenders, cleaners, paramedic staff etc., he | | | | No. Similarly, attitude of old-fashioned people |
| needs to invest a lot of money, for which he | | | | cannot be changed in 10-15 minutes even if |
| cannot depend on his family further because they | | | | doctor gives good advice. Many patients will follow |
| had already spent so much money for his | | | | old beliefs and circulates negative feedback on |
| education to complete medicine. So, the only | | | | doctor's treatment if they try to change their |
| option left for him is to earn money by giving | | | | outdated beliefs. So doctors are afraid in |
| treatment to patients and to retain these patients | | | | confronting the beliefs of such patients and do not |
| i.e to make them comfortable to come to him in | | | | give scientific advice to them, as they could lose |
| future for any health problem, so that he get | | | | patients. Doctors provide treatment to patient |
| more income to handle all his expenses. Even | | | | based on their attitude and on how educated the |
| though he is good at his treatment or work, he | | | | patient is. |
| needs to keep his patients comfortable in order | | | | So, an educated person should ask a doctor for |
| to survive | | | | the cause of his health condition or sickness. |
| There is peer pressure to be successful | | | | Unless you establish that you are an educated |
| For a person, to complete medicine he requires | | | | person and only after the doctor is fully convinced |
| nearly eight and half years whereas an | | | | that you are genuinely seeking a scientific opinion |
| engineering graduate can complete education in | | | | does the doctor give technically accurate |
| four years. The person who completed graduation | | | | (modern) diagnosis. If you do not convince the |
| in any other field like engineering (except | | | | doctor that you are educated, you are likely to |
| medicine) will get settled in a short span of time | | | | be treated as an ignorant villager. |
| after completion of education. He owns almost | | | | |