Diogenes
I never cry,...I get even. Bye bitch. @Stone
A major problem with healthcare is that patients lie to their doctor.
Many patients will even privately admit that they lie.
Their reasons for doing this often aren't very good:
Patients want to avoid getting lectured
They don't want their doctor to tell their habits are unhealthy.
They're afraid the doctor will judge them or think they're stupid or immoral, or they don't want the doctor to tell their family.
But because people want to preserve their privacy even in the private setting of a doctor's office, they end up making doctors' jobs harder.
People insist they can't have STDs because they don't want the doctor to know they're having sex.
People don't disclose drug, tobacco or alcohol habits.
People lie about nutritional deficiencies they might have because they don't want to appear poor.
