The problem is, how do you know when to advocate for yourself?

I have zero idea if what the doctor is telling me is accurate or not. I'm not a doctor.

This is why people are moving away from main stream medicine, in my opinion.

RobotToaster an hour ago | parent | next [-]

"do your own research" may get mocked, but it's often the best strategy. You just have to make sure it's the right place, professional guidelines, pubmed, and anyone referencing those is usually best. A good doctor won't have issues discussing something from that kind of source.

	▲	jimbooonooo 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		respectfully, a majority of the "do your own research" crowd are not reading any PubMed or professional guidelines.

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snaking0776 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Having dealt with the medical system recently, if there isn’t immediate harm involved with waiting, always advocate for yourself and consider a second opinion. The doctors will think you’re annoying and that you trust the internet too much but it’s their job to make you understand why elective procedures are necessary. Don’t let someone trying to rush to their next patient hurt your health outcome. I think in emergency situations this all changes though.

	▲	jcul an hour ago \| parent [-]
		During my wife's second pregnancy, we got a lot more information and did more preparation than for the first. Someone shared the BRAIN acronym for making decisions. Can't remember it exactly, but it was like ask / think about benefits, risks, alternatives, intuition, doing Nothing (for now). I think the Nothing one was the most important, what happens if I don't take action and defer the decision. Medical professionals often make you feel like a decision is urgent when sometimes it is not.

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ipaddr 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Always advocate and avoid delegation to experts who have little stake in the outcome.

	▲	iambateman 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Parent had a good question and this is restating what’s already been said. _how_ do you advocate? If I could avoid delegating to experts, I wouldn’t be in the situation in the first place.

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nkrisc an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

How is it any different for non-mainstream medicine? How do you know if what your homeopath is telling you is accurate?

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outworlder 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> This is why people are moving away from main stream medicine, in my opinion.

What other type of medicine is there? Most "non-mainstream" things are pseudoscience nonsense.