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Originally Posted by ilovetv
It's a free country. People exercise their right to choose to either get a prescription filled, or not.
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Not sure why you always bring up "freedom" as though that's an issue here.
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Just because doctors' time is spent treating acute illness and acute/chronic diseases and less on nutrition/diet does not mean the people have never heard of healthy diet benefits. It also doesn't mean that doctors don't ever talk about it. You're not there in the exam room and office consultation time, to know what the drs do and don't do.
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It's impossible to know about every doctor-patient relationship but it's easy to learn about the condition of the doctoring profession in general. Many books have been written by doctors about doctors. Some people know from personal experience and/or from stories they have heard from friends, family and message boards.
Isn't this the reason why Villagers are enthusiastic about the new Villages Health Care Centers? Isn't it because these centers hold the promise of better operating systems and better doctors? Marcus Welby M.D.s?
Of course it remains to be seen how much better it will be. That's because some very important aspects will remain the same: 1) these Marcus Welbys will still not be nutritionists (not that I expect them to be) 2) patients for the most part will still have the same mind set that doctors should prescribe some miraculous medication(s) that will fix everything (requiring little or no effort on the part of the patient) and 3) doctors have been trained in medicine and naturally want to please their patients by prescribing medications to relieve symptoms.