Durham, North Carolina, medical advice given by doctors on patients is not necessarily the same as his own doctor is sick. Not because stingy to share knowledge or want to discriminate, but the doctor must choose the safest therapy for patients.Often, therapy is considered safe does not guarantee a disease can be rapidly cured.Instead of treatment that can cure the disease quickly usually have more side effects and risks of failure or even death.
Some physicians prefer the security compared the efficacy of a treatment method, if you're dealing with patients. But when he himself was ill, the efficacy of therapy are preferred than security.
This was revealed in a recent study conducted by Dr Peter A Ubel from Duke University in North Carolina. Dr. Ubel surveyed 242 physicians associated methods of treatment of colon cancer, and 1,600 physicians associated methods of treatment of bird flu.
The survey results show, 38 percent of doctors choose surgery if her colon cancer because it is the most effective way. But if not him who was sick, only 25 percent of doctors who recommend surgery to patients by reason of a greater risk of death.
Similarly, in the treatment of bird flu, 63 percent of doctors use the most advanced medicine although many have side effects if the pain itself. But if the pain is patient, only 49 percent of doctors who recommend cutting-edge medicine on the grounds many side effects.
"This difference has nothing to do with morals and ethics. I do not think there are patients who want to take risks with high risk of treatment alias is not safe," Dr. Ubel said, as quoted by Reuters on Tuesday (12/04/2011).
The same opinion was also provided by a psychologist from the University of Illinois, Alan Schwartz. He said if some doctors often discriminate type of therapy for patients and for himself, then it is very human tendency.
"There is always a problem when people including doctors have to decide an important matter for others. We know, doctors can not always guess what dimaui by the patient so that more memililih safe way," he said.