Should Doctors treat themselves or family members?

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of course not, but doctors usually work in a field so only the area needed is exposed..

like this:

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so you don't really see who it is, all your concern is following the procedure and not losing the life, which is more or less the job of the anesthesiologist...


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in england my law.. a doctor can not treat him or her family member or close frinds.. coz like if there is any family or friends fight.. the doctor can poison them and stuff/.. well sumink like that.lol
 
Gossamer skye said:
of course not, but doctors usually work in a field so only the area needed is exposed..

like this:

http://www.egyorth.org/images/22.jpg

so you don't really see who it is, all your concern is following the procedure and not losing the life, which is more or less the job of the anesthesiologist...


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What if the cover accidentally show the face? how the surgeon will be?
Many scary things can happen in that room.

nvm, all of what I can is may Allah help them!
 
Danah said:
What if the cover accidentally show the face? how the surgeon will be?
Many scary things can happen in that room.

nvm, all of what I can is may Allah help them!
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it doesn't unless you are working on the face.. usually that is the area designated to the anesthesiologist.. also if anything happens in the 'sterile field' folks will have your behind.. there is a protocol for scrubbing and handling instruments and working in the field it is very rigid .. plus the pts has a zillion tube in and out of them and their eyes closed shut with tape (again unless it is eye surgery!)..

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The analogy of doctors treating themselves with lawyers fighting their own cases or architects making their own houses is not accurate. Why? Because one's disease can have influence on one's mental capacity and judgment and rationality, no matter how minute, and this in turn can affect the outcomes of self-treatment. This sort of thing does not happen when a lawyer fights his own case or when an architect builds his own house because the things which they are fighting or working for have no effect on their ability, emotions, rationality and capacity in a way that would put their life at jeopardy.

I do not think doctors can or should treat themselves unless its something relatively minute such as a pimple or acne.
 
It is part of the hippocratic oath and good practice that a doctor should not treat him self or family members.

This is to prevent
  • bias
  • confusion
  • mistakes or errors due to emotional judgement
  • emotional involvement that may cloud decisions
  • Crime
There is however no rule that excludes doctors from giving advice and making recommendations to family members or from using their knowledge to engage in treatment of an illness, disorder or medical matter they have personally.

Sometimes being known to a doctor is good as they have a good grasp of your medical history and your family medical history.

It is good patrctice for members of a family to select or elect a family doctor and this eases and improves their treatment and ok the doc may grow old and die but mostly the business or practice does not and here a new doc may take over who is maybe son or daughter of the old one or employee but they still have access to the right information about you medically.

The UK however fails on that score or should I say the UK, they seem to have a difficulty in distinguishiing between Hadija, Halima, Hazim, Hafiz, Harina all born to Mr Usman on different dates of different years in the month of March. What then shall we do about that huh...
 
I am a resident too, and treat myself all the time...I have a Really hard time trusting other doctors for my condition. Having access to do lab tests etc easily, really helps, lol.

I've started to realise how easily we as doctors, miss to see how bothersome a symptom is for a patient, unless and until we suffer from it ourselves. So yeah, the best person who knows what's going on inside the body is the patient himself/herself.

On a different note GSkye, sorry to hear about your colleagues. Doctors do have a higher rate of suicide compared to other professionals, as some studies have shown(residents:even higher!)...a bothersome fact :(
 
Iris said:
I am a resident too, and treat myself all the time...I have a Really hard time trusting other doctors for my condition. Having access to do lab tests etc easily, really helps, lol.

I've started to realise how easily we as doctors, miss to see how bothersome a symptom is for a patient, unless and until we suffer from it ourselves. So yeah, the best person who knows what's going on inside the body is the patient himself/herself.

On a different note GSkye, sorry to hear about your colleagues. Doctors do have a higher rate of suicide compared to other professionals, as some studies have shown(residents:even higher!)...a bothersome fact :(
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Push comes to shove you know your body better especially if you're studied in the field. I disagree with a couple of my current doctor's findings and when I discussed it with my mentor (a pathologist) he agreed that she is probably not on top of her game... but at least she didn't charge me for the cardio workup :D which I think putting up with her rude front desk lady the entire visit should have been free :p..

In spite of my visit I am back to self-treating and I think the regimen I put myself on is working insha'Allah.. we'll wait and see..

May Allah guide you and grant you great knowledge during your residency training..
ameen

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Sister Gossamer skye, seeing as you are a doctor, what advice would you have for someone who is in high school and is aspiring to become a doctor themselves? (I'm thinking of becoming a surgeon).
 
OurIslamic said:
Sister Gossamer skye, seeing as you are a doctor, what advice would you have for someone who is in high school and is aspiring to become a doctor themselves? (I'm thinking of becoming a surgeon).
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focus (study around the clock) and know that if you really want this, it will consume every aspect of your life and you'll have to be married to it!


and Allah swt knows best

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