No one likes to go under the knife. Absolutely. In my 31 years of practice, never have I encountered a patient who willingly would say yes. If they could do away with surgery, they would. But there are a lot of illnesses that could never be cured by medicine or drugs alone. Acute Appendicitis, gall bladder stone and the management of cancer where a biopsy is a basic necessity are some of them to name a few. Some patients after so much explanation would agree to surgery but others would seek other solutions to their problem. One of the weakness of medical education is that we were never taught how to face patients and convince them to have surgery; like in marketing and business management. If I could have my way, I would insist medical students to learn psychological warfare and mind reading and Stephen Covey's "How to convince people".
The weakness of medical education does not lie in convincing people alone. We are weak in making people happy no matter how good we are in our profession.
The weakness of medical education does not lie in convincing people alone. We are weak in making people happy no matter how good we are in our profession.
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