Does Your Doctor Make You Feel Comfortable And Safe?

Feel Better With A Doctor Who You Feel Comfortable With

Your relationship with your doctor can determine the type of care you get from him or her.

Being comfortable and able to talk honestly with your doctor is the best way I have found.

If you need more help understanding good patient/doctor relationships watch this helpful video on what to do and not to do.

Watch it now: Were your appointments like this for you?

Summary Of Doctor/Patient Relationships By:

Doctor Please:

• Don’t rush

• Don’t be late! Apologize if you are
• Clean the room between patients
• Introduce the people in the room
• Be polite when speaking to patients
• Don’t use jargon
• Use words appropriate for the patient’s level of understanding
• Don’t be distracted.
• Use eye contact

DB: Having a life time of medical intervention I can say I can relate to all of the above experiences and worse, but also balanced with great relationships with doctor/patient relationships.

Self- educating yourself with assertiveness can be very helpful to know what to expect.

Once you have found the doctor you can relate to, try to stick with them for your future appointments, with the aim of improving your health. Try not to attend appointments only for ‘what is wrong’.

The appointments I have with my GP now are mostly for confirming the diagnosis I researched through self-education. So, when I present solutions through inquiry, I get to confirm what I have researched.

My life is so much more pleasant now with my doctor/patient relationships.

When I see a new doctor I respectfully listen and learn, confirming silently if my research was correct.

There is always plenty to learn in each appointment, while flourishing our doctor/patient relationship.

My most challenging relationships with doctors were times when I had no research or knowledge on the diagnosis. Through this lack of research I felt much more susceptible, helpless and anxious.

If it happens my research doesn’t match the doctor’s information I am open to the new information. Returning home I research deeply with my trusted Doctors online, mostly trained in Functional Medicine.

My next appointment is then more comfortable, having the privilege of making my own informed decision, knowing the ultimate decision was my own.

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