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<blockquote data-quote="MrsGruffy" data-source="post: 1932390" data-attributes="member: 472571"><p>To me, it means not taking any advice from any HCP without doing my own research. It means asking my medical people for peer reviewed articles which support what they're advising me to do. It means critically reviewing such articles and chasing down their sources. Links to big pharma and it goes in the bin. It means learning how plumbing works, rather than just blindly hiring a plumber and ignorantly expecting that he'll do the job properly. It means taking responsibility for my own health and absolutely not trusting someone because they happen to have a few letters after their name. It means challenging firmly held beliefs and risking being labelled a "difficult patient". It means viewing doctors as body tradies - there are good ones and bad ones - and you may go through a few before you find one who is aligned to your way of thinking, or isn't threatened by being challenged on the advice they give.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrsGruffy, post: 1932390, member: 472571"] To me, it means not taking any advice from any HCP without doing my own research. It means asking my medical people for peer reviewed articles which support what they're advising me to do. It means critically reviewing such articles and chasing down their sources. Links to big pharma and it goes in the bin. It means learning how plumbing works, rather than just blindly hiring a plumber and ignorantly expecting that he'll do the job properly. It means taking responsibility for my own health and absolutely not trusting someone because they happen to have a few letters after their name. It means challenging firmly held beliefs and risking being labelled a "difficult patient". It means viewing doctors as body tradies - there are good ones and bad ones - and you may go through a few before you find one who is aligned to your way of thinking, or isn't threatened by being challenged on the advice they give. [/QUOTE]
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